Here’s the English translation of the TAYAD statement DOWN WITH FASCISM — LONG LIVE OUR STRUGGLE! On February 19, 2026, a delegation from the Anti-Imperialist Front — including academics and lawyers — came to our country to gather information about the so-called “well-type” prisons and to meet with democratic mass organizations regarding this issue. After…

Following is the English transcription and translation of the video statement of lawyer Alejandra Matamoros, citizen of Spain, who was detained along with 6 other delegation members in Turkey. Their legal mission was to collect data on the high security isolation prisons of type S, R and Y in Turkey, which was arbitrarily interrupted by…

Anti-fascist political prisoners in A Lama prison begin hunger strike in solidarity with María José Baños The political prisoners in A Lama are beginning a hunger strike today, Friday 20 February, one day a week, demanding the release of María José Baños. From next week onwards, they will do so on Tuesdays. We attach the…

A group of European prison rights observers visited Turkey on February 18 to carry out investigations about a new installed prison system, which is being criticized for systematical violation of the prisoner’s rights through heavy isolation torture. A group of 7 delegates from 5 countries travelled to Turkey to visit among others human rights lawyers…

English translation of the declaration of the french lawyers  Paris, February 20, 2026 Press Release Arrest in Istanbul of Six Activists Investigating Detention Conditions in Turkey Mr. Jean-Pascal Graziani, whom we represent as legal counsel, arrived in Istanbul on February 18, 2026, to document human rights violations within Turkish prisons. He was arrested yesterday along…

MEMBERS OF AN INTERNATIONAL DELEGATION VISITING TÜRKİYE TO OBSERVE THE “PIT-TYPE” PRISON MODEL AND INHUMANE ISOLATION CONDITIONS HAVE BEEN DETAINED. IMMEDIATE RELEASE OF THE DELEGATION MEMBERS DEMANDED! Here is a very recent statement by the International Bureau of the People’s Law Office: We have learned that members of the international delegation—consisting of lawyers, journalists, and…

February 14th marked the 200th day of indefinite hunger strike of the political prisoners in Turkey, Tahsin Sagaltici and Gürkan Türkoglu. Their resistance is part of an uninterrupted prisoner mobilization in order to fight S, R and Y type isolation prisons. These pit-like prisons (officially called High Security Prisons) have become places, where in the…

Irfan Yilmaz is 96% disabled, but he still stays in prison in Turkey. “I can’t do the following things by myself: brush my teeth, lie down, sit up, take a bath, wash my hands or stretch my legs. You will definitely need at least one person’s help to do all this.” Let us share this…

Imprisoned Maoist leader Pramod Mishra begins indefinite hunger strike.Aged 74 and detained for nearly three years in Patna Prison, Pramod Mishra, a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Maoist) began an indefinite hunger strike on 26 January to protest against his inhumane conditions of detention and the ill-treatment of political…

Original article: https://kkeml.gr/anakoinwsi-na-katargithoun-ta-kelia-typoy-phgadiou-tourkia/ English translation of the solidarity announcement: THE “PIT” TYPE CELLS IN TURKEY SHOULD BE ABOLISHED! – VICTORY TO THE HUNGER STRIKERS – FREEDOM TO THE IMPRISONED FIGHTERS! We denounce the imprisonment of Turkish and Kurdish militants by the anti-popular and reactionary regime of Erdogan, as well as their isolation in the “pit”…