Six detainees in Kırıkkale F Type High Security Closed Prison started an indefinite and non-alternating hunger strike on 12 June against rights violations. Prisoners Rıdvan Kaya, Fikret Erden, Serhat Erdemci, İhsan Oral, Baran Gül and Orhan Doruk said they would continue the strike until the violation of their rights ends.

Hunger strike on day 6

Sıdıka Erden, mother of Fikret Erden, one of the ill prisoners on hunger strike, relayed the phone conversation she had with her son. She said: “They are ill, but they continue to be tortured. They cut off their water, they don’t give them food. They leave our sons hungry and thirsty. This hunger strike is the only thing they can do against these pressures.”

She said that her son Erden has been under pressure since the day he was transferred to Kırıkkale Prison against his will, and she call for the humanitarian demands of the detainees to be met.

'They kill them slowly'

Erden called on the human rights institutions to act responsibly. Erden said, "Our call to all human rights institutions and organizations is to not remain silent. Our sons are ill but they are not being treated. My son's arm was broken but he had no surgery yet. We don't know how he is now. We can only hear his voice. Their demands must be met as soon as possible. They kill them slowly."