Prisoner Emrullah Kanioğlu, jailed in Diyarbakır No. 2 T Type Prison, was taken to Diyarbakır Gazi Yaşargil Training and Research Hospital after he turned his hunger strike that had been going on for 300 days into a death fast 5 days ago.

According to reports, Kanioğlu, who is originally from Mardin province, said that he did not commit the crime that he is accused of. After his conviction, he went on a hunger strike 300 days ago to demand a fair trial.

Kanioğlu stopped consuming liquid food during the hunger strike after he started the death fast 5 days ago. The prisoner was taken to Diyarbakır Gazi Yaşargil Training and Research Hospital after his condition deteriorated yesterday. He was taken back to T Type Prison No. 2 after refusing to be treated.

Kanioğlu was again taken to Diyarbakır Gazi Yaşargil Training and Research Hospital after he felt faint in prison today.