Lawyers for Freedom Association (ÖHD) Istanbul Branch made a statement at the association building in Beyoğlu about ill prisoner Abdulkadir Kuday, who is being held in Metris R Type Prison, despite the report of the Forensic Medicine Institute (ATK) that "he cannot survive on his own".

ÖHD Istanbul Branch co-chair Eda Önal said that prisoner Kuday had a fatal muscle disease and was diagnosed with ALS. Önal noted that Kuday had dropped to 41 kilos and that almost all of his organs had lost their function.

Önal said: "The execution of his sentence should be suspended immediately and he should be released."