Abdulkadir Kuday was not released from prison despite his serious illnesses. Kuday lost his life in Metris R Type Closed Prison.

Salih Kuday, Abdulkadir’s brother, said that he passed away on Wednesday morning.

Lawyer Tahir Demirci visited seriously ill prisoner Abdulkadir Kuday on 17 September, and warned that bad news could come at any moment. He called for the release of Kuday, adding that he suffered from many serious illnesses and was less than 40 kilos. Kuday had also had a heart attack on 10 July 2023, and lawyers from the Association of Lawyers for Freedom (ÖHD) had shared their concerns that he could have another attack.

Lawyers had applied for both a precautionary release request for Kuday and a presidential pardon.

On 3 September, the Peoples' Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party) had also requested the release of Abdulkadir Kuday and other ill prisoners whose health conditions were deteriorating in Metris No. 2 R Type Prison.

DEM Party Legal Commission co-spokesperson Öztürk Türkdoğan had warned that Kuday was 98 percent disabled and that his health was getting worse.

Political prisoner Abdulkadir Kuday was born in 1972 and detained and arrested in Mardin (Mêrdîn). He had been held in prison since 2014.

Kuday was tried for the crimes of "disrupting the unity and integrity of the state" and "deliberate murder", and was given an aggravated life sentence despite the lack of any concrete evidence. The sentence was upheld by the Court of Cassation. The case was brought to the Constitutional Court, but remained unanswered.