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The international solidarity chain, which began on 30 March 2025 to support the resistance of political prisoners in Turkey against a new regime of isolation torture in so-called pit-type prisons, continues. Solidarity hunger strikes are continuing in Great Britain from 25 April to 15 May. Gülay is supporting the prisoners resisting in Turkey by staging…

This is the latest update about Gürkan Türkoglu’s health condition, published by the TAYAD FAMILIES in a video message from 24 April. ****************** TAYAD – Update on Gürkan Türkoğlu’s health (24 April 2026) Transcription of the video: “Hello everyone. We are the TAYAD Families. We continue to wait outside the hospital where Hüseyin Özen, Tahsin…

The PCE(r) political prisoner Lucio García Blanco will was released from Villabona Prison on 26 April without having agreed to the demand for a confession, despite suffering from senile dementia and having been tortured. On 26 April, the Spanish prison authorities will have to release Lucio García Blanco, a 75-year-old labourer and communist activist with…

The international solidarity chain, which unites people from various countries in showing solidarity with the resistance of political prisoners, has continued since 30 March 2025. Since then, this solidarity action, which began in order to give a voice to revolutionary prisoners on an indefinite hunger strike and death fast in protest against isolation prisons of…

Yesterday marked the third day of the solidarity hunger strike chain launched by the Anti-Imperialist Front in the Netherlands. The strike was primarily in support of the revolutionary prisoner of Turkey, Gürkan Türkoğlu, who is in a critical condition following a forced intervention on the 268th day of his hunger strike. Solidarity was also expressed…

Statement from TAYAD Families who Gathered Outside Antalya City Hospital Regarding Gürkan Türkoğlu’s Health Condition: We are still waiting outside Antalya City Hospital. Today is our fourth day. It is Gürkan Türkoglu’s fourth day in intensive care, and we would like to provide an update on his condition. At present, Gürkan Türkoglu’s condition is not…

Solidarity with political prisoners and hunger strike resisters! The Anti-Imperialist Front Netherlands has launched a chain of solidarity hunger strikes in support of, first and foremost, the revolutionary prisoner Gürkan Türkoğlu from Turkey, who is in critical condition as well as those prisoners in solitary confinement. The hunger strikes were also made in support of…

Die drei politischen Gefangenen Gürkan Türkoğlu, Tahsin Sağaltıcı und Hüseyin Özen werden in ein Gefängnis verlegt, das nicht dem „Gruben-Typ“ entspricht, und zwar in das L-Typ-Gefängnis in Antalya. Hüseyin Özen und Tahsin Sağaltıcı haben ihren Widerstand beendet, und die Behandlung wird beginnen. Gürkans Zustand ist jedoch unklar; die Ärzte haben erklärt, dass Gürkan möglicherweise nicht…

Three political prisoners, Gürkan Türkoğlu, Tahsin Sağaltıcı and Hüseyin Özen will be transferred to a non–“pit-type” facility, the Antalya L-Type Prison. Hüseyin Özen and Tahsin Sağaltıcı have ended their resistance, and treatment will begin. However, Gürkan’s condition is unclear; doctors have said that Gürkan may not recognise that the resistance ended with victory. Still, treatment…

Once again we call for solidarity action to protect the lives of 3 hunger striking political prisoners in Turkey. On April 11, Gürkan Türkoglu, Hüseyin Özen and Tahsin Sağaltıcı were taken from Antalya High Security Prison (pit-like isolation prison) to Antalya City Hospital against their will and after Gürkan lost consciousness yesterday, on his 265th…