Dozens of political prisoners in Konya Ereğli High Security Prison started a 10-day indefinite alternating hunger strike on 4 October.

The hunger strike has been going on indefinitely and irreversibly since 16 November, when many more prisoners joined the protest.

The oppression and rights violations against the prisoners gained a new dimension in the summer months. Many prisoners were deported from Konya Ereğli T Type Closed Prison and other prisons to Ereğli High Security Prison on 23 August. Prisoners placed in solitary cells were later sentenced to a one-month ban on visits and a one-month ban on communication. The number of prisoners placed in single cells increased to 40 in four months. Prisoners are not allowed to see each other, even during air time. Political prisoners are also held in the same section as those accused of being members of the Gülen Community. Even the basic needs of the prisoners are not met, and they are given stale food.

One of the prisoners, Yakup Brukanli, set his body on fire on 28 October in response to the severe isolation and increasing rights violations.

Brukan, who had second-degree burns, burned his entire right arm and waist, and could not use both hands and right arm. However, he was not taken to the hospital and was treated in handcuffs in the infirmary. Brukan, who was at risk of getting an infection, was not taken to the hospital despite the numerous applications filed by lawyers.

In the face of the deepening of the isolation, the escalation of arbitrary and systematic violations of rights, and the imposition of "remorse", the prisoners started an indefinite and non-alternating hunger strike and are now on the 77th day of protest.