The prisoners have been on hunger strike from December and March (when all prisoners joined the resistance) to demand the end of isolation against PKK Leader Abdullah Öcalan.

 

In the statement, the death fast is referred to as the next stage of the resistance. All other PKK and PAJK prisoners will continue their indefinite hunger strike.

 

The hunger strikers refer in their statement again to their declaration, in which the conditions for ending their action are set out. If serious and lasting steps are taken by the government to ensure the demands highlighted in the declaration, in particular the end of Abdullah Öcalan's isolation, the hunger strikers are prepared to end their action.

 

Names of the prisoners to go on death fast are as follows:

 

Bakırköy Women’s Closed Prison:

 

NESRİN AKGÜL

 

ŞÜKRAN AYDIN

 

ZOZAN ÇİÇEK

 

Gebze Women’s Closed Prison:

 

ARDIL ÇEŞME

 

ASLI DOĞAN

 

Van High Security Prison:

 

AHMET ANIĞI

 

ÖZHAN CEYHAN

 

VEDAT ÖZAĞAR

 

İHSAN BULUT

 

EROL ÇELİK

 

Amed D Type Prison:

 

ENGİN AKHAN

 

ENVER DURMAZ

 

AHMET TOPKAYA

 

A. HALUK KAPLAN

 

FERHAT TURGAY