Violations of rights in Turkish prisons have unprecedentedly increased. Political prisoners are trying to make their voices heard through hunger strike actions in various prisons.

Yet another hunger strike action has been launched in the Şakran Women's Closed Prison, where arbitrary and systematic violations of rights have become rampant.

Prisoners are protesting stand-up counts, aggravated isolation conditions, restrictions on books, and bans on going to the yard in company with other inmates.

Prisoner writer Leyla Saraç kicked off the hunger strike which was launched as a warning to the prison administration.

The hunger strike will be rotating every 10 days.