PKK (Kurdistan Workers Party) convict Haydar Duymaz, who has been on a hunger strike in a single cell at Tekirdag F-type Prison No. 2, has announced through his lawyer that he started a death fast three days ago. While Lawyer Sezin Uçar demands a delegation from the Ministry of Justice, visit forbidden Duymaz's mother Fidan Duymaz says; "The prison administration wants my son to die".

Haydar Duymaz, who has been imprisoned for three years from PKK case in Tekirdag F-type Prison No. 2 , was put in a single cell one month ago after being attacked by guardians and the administrator of the prison. Duymaz's lawyer Sezin Uçar, announcing that Duymaz turned the hunger-strike into a death fast, remarked that Duymaz will continue the death fast unless the torture event in the prison is investigated by a delegation of Ministry of Justice.

Lawyer Uçar said the followings; "Our applications about the torture applied on my client to competent authorities remained inconclusive. My client wasn't treated despite being seriously injured and still no action has been launched against the names involved in the torture event. Despite all my insistence, my client has started a death fast three days ago which he will not stop until the torture event is investigated."

Warning the authorities about the health condition of Uçar who has been suffering from serious health problems after being tortured, Uçar continued as follows; " I disapprove of my client's death fast as he may at any time lose his life unless his demands are met. His family also doesn't have any chance to convince him to give up the fast as there is a visit prohibition penalty applied on him."

Translation: Berna Ozgencil