Prisoners in Adana, Osmaniye and Bafra have joined indefinite-irreversible hunger strike of political prisoners in Turkish jails, which is on its 60th day in Şakran Prison.

ADANA

According to a statement made by prisoners in Kürkçüler Type F Closed Prison through their families, six prisoners already on an alternate hunger strike went on indefinite-irreversible hunger strike on April 10 and four others joined them on April 13. Names of the eight prisoners are: Ömer Baran, Ahmet Erdoğan, Mustafa Muhammet Ali, Mehmet Emin Vural, Metin Keleş, Şahin Tan, Selahattin Direk, Zuhat Özkan

Deniz Özdemir, who is also on hunger strike since March 10, demanding to be taken out of the one-person cell he is held in, has reportedly lost 9 kilos since and his health is deteriorating.

OSMANİYE

In Osmaniye Type T Closed Prison, prisoners İnan Akın, Recep Kaya, Ahmet Altay, Sedat Aydın, Sinan Koyuncu, Erdal Dağhan and Hasan Muhammed İbiş started indefinite-irreversible hunger strike on April 10, according to a statement they made through their families.

BAFRA

It has been learned that six prisoners in Bafra Type T Closed Prison are also on an indefinite-irreversible hunger strike for 11 days. In a message through families, prisoners stated that the indefinite-irreversible hunger strike is joined by Sinan Salhan, M. Ziyayettin Güler, Orhan Alkan, Ercan Yakut, Süleyman İlhan and Mehmet Yıldırım.

LETTER FROM FEMALE PRISONERS IN SINCAN

On the other hand, the indefinite-irreversible hunger strike started by seven prisoners in Ankara Sincan Women's Closed Prison on February 23 continues with 25 prisoners at the moment. Prisoners joining the hunger strike sent a letter through their families on April 10, which says the following:

"We as political prisoners on indefinite-irreversible hunger strike since February 23 started this action with two goals; ending of the aggravated isolation on Kurdish People's Leader Mr. Abdullah Öcalan and the siege and blockade on the cities of North Kurdistan. We are aware of the fact that all these practices in prisons are directly related with the isolation on İmralı. Neither rights violations nor the atrocity and persecution in prisons will stop unless the isolation ends because of the fact that the isolation imposed on the Leader stands at the center of the genocidal and invasive operations developed against the Kurdish people. These practices are a coup staged against the Kurdish people and it first began with the isolation of our Leader's ideas."