The hunger strikes in Turkey’s and Kurdistan’s prisons to end the isolation imposed upon Kurdish People’s Leader Abdullah Ocalan continue. Democratic Society Congress (DTK) Co-chair and Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Hakkari MP Leyla Guven announced her hunger strike in the Diyarbakir Type E Prison on November 7, 2018 and on the 19th day of her protest, Deniz Kaya issued a statement in the name of PKK and PJAK prisoners that they would launch an indefinite alternating hunger strike on November 27. Kaya later issued another statement and said a group of prisoners among them were to start an indefinite non-alternating hunger strike on December 16. On December 26 and January 5, two more groups started a hunger strike.

The hunger strikes continue to grow every day. Democratic Regions Party (DBP) Co-chair Sebahat Tuncel and former HDP MP Selma Irmak announced that they were starting an indefinite non-alternating hunger strike on January 15. On January 16, 5 prisoners in 2 prisons announced that they were joining the protest. To date, there are 250 prisoners confirmed in 59 prisons on indefinite non-alternating hunger strikes.

NAMES OF HUNGER STRIKERS

The updated list of activists on indefinite non-alternating hunger strikes by date is as follows:

NOVEMBER 7

Diyarbakır Type E Closed Prison: Leyla Güven.

DECEMBER 16

Van High Security Prison: Cihan Tamur, Barış Kahraman, Şahin Öncü, Azim Sökemen, Bahtiyar Kemal Hasan.

Patnos Type L Prison: Mehmet Bozdağ, Atilla Coşkun Özer, Ömer Kabul, Abdullah Kızılkaya.

Kandıra Type F High Security Prison No.1: İbrahim Kaya, Umut Çamlıbel, Yusuf Başaran, Güven Süvarioğlu, Rıdvan Güven, Necla Atak.

Gebze Women's Closed Prison: Hacer Halil Yusuf, Ruhşan Bozan, Özlem Özdemir, Ayten Gülsüm, Özlem Söyler.

Elazığ High Security Prison No.1: Metin Serhat, Harun Alkan, Musa Candemir.

Elazığ High Security Prison No.2: Cengaver Aykul.

Edirne Type F Closed Prison: Ramazan Çeper, Zerdeşt Oduncu, Adem Arslan.

Diyarbakır Type D High Security Prison: Sercan Gümüş, Rıdvan Kaya, Nimetullah Cinkılıç, Hayati Üzmen, Cüneyt Aslan.

Diyarbakır Type E Prison: Evin Kaya, Kibriye Evren, Hilal Ölmez.

DECEMBER 17

Bakırköy Women's Closed Prison: Esma Başkale, Belgin Kanat, Zozan Kutum, Reyhan Coşmuşlu.

Kandıra Type F Closed Prison No.2: Sadettin Yaşar, Turan Günana, Mesut Atış.

Tekirdağ Type F High Security Prison No.2: Ahmet Osman, Seyhan Kurt, Yakup Kaymaz,

Trabzon Beşikdüzü Type T Prison: Ali Bektaş, Dılgeş Yaşar, Abdullah Aydın, Özgür Gürbüz, Adem Öztürk, Cemal Narcı, İsmail Berkan, Hilmi Özsoy, Mazlum Özağar, Halil Temel.

DECEMBER 26

Tekirdağ Type F High Security Prison No.2: Serdar Şahin, Ahmet Sürme, Ümit Akgümüş, Ahmet Arif Yöyler, Roger Tirej Özalp.

Tekirdağ Type F High Security Prison No.1: Sinan Çelik, Rıdvan Turan, Erhan Aydın, Burhan Barut, Ali Bayar.

Şakran Type T Prison No.2: Mehmet Durak, Nihat Ekmez, Yakup Güneş, Tanju Yıldırım, Ramazan Atalay.

Şakran Women's Closed Prison: Rahşan Aydın, Gülten Akgün, Ebru Güden.

Silivri Prison No.5: Zafer Sağlam, Abdulselam Akdoğan, Yusuf Bayram, Halil Ay, Hamza Doğrul, Şiyar Yıldırım.

Silivri Prison No.9: Seyhan Çiçekli.

Sincan Women's Closed Prison: Zeliha Ustabaş, Süheyla Taş, Sariye Taşkesen.

Patnos Type L Closed Prison: Salihe Cebe, Dilan Barin.

Ödemiş Type T Closed Prison: Uğur Çiçek, Mehmet Kaplan, Serhat Güzel.

Kırıkkale Type F High Security Prison: Sedat Alçiçek, İsa İpekli, Emrah Ubiç, Kerem İmrek, Davut Önder, İsmet Akın

Kırıklar Type F Closed Prison No.1: Abdullah Oral, Erdal Polat, Sami Öztürk, Halis Dağhan, Ozan Alpkaya.

Erzincan Type T Prison: Abdullah Kızılkaya, Sedat Akıl, Şervan Sonsuz.

Elazığ Type F High Security Prison No.2: Serkan Eren, Ahmet Tekin, Yasin Güngör.

Düzce Type T Prison: Mehmet Erbey, Süleyman Benzer.

JANUARY 2

Kürkçüler Type F Prison: İnan Akın

JANUARY 5

Alanya Type L Closed Prison: Mesut Canbey, Ramazan Sayan, Nevin Gökçe, Zelal Başboğa.

Balıkesir Kepsut Closed Prison: Mazlum Cesur, Muhtesim Ertuğrul, Tarık Aliçi, Mehmet Aşkara.

Bandırma Type T Closed Prison No.1: Siraç Keskin, Agit Yılmaz, Engin Okutucu, Şeyhmus Can, Zinar Doğan.

Bandırma Type T Closed Prison No.2: Serdar Taşkın, Ekrem Gün, Mikail Mungan, İnan Söylemez, Sipan Karabulut.

Bayburt Type M Closed Prison: Delila Roj Ekmen, Fatma Yıldırım, Sevgi Aka Gündüz.

Diyarbakır Type T Closed Prison No.1: Fırat Ertunç, Recep Bal, Mazlum Dilek, Adnan Yiğittekin, Faruk Akbay.

Düzce Type T Prison: Ahmet Akbalık, Fikret Karakoç.

Elazığ Type F High Security Prison No.1: İsa Eşsiz, Murat Ergen, Ergül Tuncay.

Type T Closed Prison: Seyfettin Kurt, Murat Kozat, Ali Haydar Elyakut.

Kayseri Bünyan Type T Prison No.2: Özkan Kart, Bülent Öztürk, M. Aydın Söğüt M. Emin Akkuş, Emrullah Abay.

Kayseri Women's Closed Prison: Berivan Bitmen, Maşallah Erbey, Merge Polat.

Malatya Type E Prison: Mehmet Bilgin Oğuz, Sertaç Çelik, Mazlum Dinç, Şemsettin Aykaç.

Maltepe Type L Prison No.1 : Cesim Yıldırım, Ersan Nazlıer.

Mardin Type E Prison: Bayram Demirhan, Vedat Duyuş, Mahsun Şen, Zana Yılmaz, Şerif Demiştaş, Birdal Abay, Barış Akkuş.

Osmaniye Type T Prison No.2: Hasan Alan, Mikail Pelit, Mehmet Kılıç, Zinar Demir, Hasan Muhammed İbiş.

Rize Kalkandere Type L Prison: Kemal Yiğit, Veysel, Güler, Murat Şimşek, Erdem Aktı, Özgür Eksik, Şiyar Kara, Hüseyim Yıldırım, Orhan Şakar.

Silivri Prison No.5: Edip Akyıldız, Cihan Demir, Hikmet Ölçer, İbrahim Özdaş, Hüseyin Yıldız.

Siverek Type T Prison: Sunay Yaman, Sozdar Çiçek, Serhat Yılmaz, Dilşat Şengül.

Şanlıurfa Type T Closed Prison No.2: Uğur Toğyıldız, Selman Büyüktop, Ömer Kaya, Mahmut Öngör, Semra Akhan, Sabiha Ünder.

Tarsus Type T Closed Prison No.1: Erdal Emeç, Fesih Tekin, Deniz Özdemir, Mehmet Fatih Bingöl, Serhat Yıldırım, Murat Karaaslan, Halef Yiğit, Oktay Gül, Bişar Bilen.

Tarsus Type T Closed Prison No.2: Çetin Uslu, Mervan Sungur, Hamdullah Turan, Muhammet Osman.

Tarsus Women's Closed Type T Prison: Dilan Yıldırım, Menal Temel, Nurşen Tekin, Hatice Kaymak.

Tekirdağ Type F Prison No.2: Mazlum Selçuk, İsmet Taş.

Tokat Type T Prison: Hasan Salık, Mehmet Emin Oğur, Önder Al, Zeki Temel.

JANUARY 6

Şanlıurfa Type T Closed Prison No.1: Sinan Çelik, Ali Erdem, Rıza Yüksekbağ, Muhammed İlgün, Enver Kanmaz.

JANUARY 8

Bafra Type T Prison: Kinyas Atiman, Sinan Salhan, Rıdvan Kılıç, M. Sıddık Özbakış, Halit Çankaya, Abdullatif Teymur.

JANUARY 15

Kandıra Type F Prison No.1: Sebahat Tuncel, Selma Irmak.

Bakırköy Women's Closed Prison: Nesrin Akgül, Gurbet Ektiren.

JANUARY 16

Şırnak Type T Prison: Hakan Kutluk, Agit Bilik, Osman Beytur, Cevzet Derez, Suat Uğur.

Bolu Type F Closed Prison: Ahmet Amin Eren, Hayri Demir, Hüseyin Barsak, Selami Kılıçaslan, İsmail Kocaman.