Tahir Gürdal (53), who caught lung cancer after entering the prison and was held in handcuffs for days in Gazi Yaşargil Training and Research Hospital, died 13 days after his sentence was suspended.

Seriously ill Gürdal (53), who had been imprisoned in Van F Type High Security Prison for nearly 10 years, was transferred to Diyarbakır High Security Prison No. 1 to be treated. Gürdal was released while in the hospital, where he was kept handcuffed for days, on Monday, 28 November, with a postponement of his sentence.

Speaking to the Mesopotamia Agency while Gürdal was receiving treatment, Birhat Gürdal said: “My father did not have any disease before, he fell ill after entering prison."