Conscientious objector Ýnan Süver deserted Manisa Saruhanlý Open Prison during a dispatch to hospital last Thursday. Later he called his wife Remziye Süver to let her know of his decision.

His lawyer Hülya Üçpýnar confirmed the news and said she was informed during a visit to the facility to meet her client on Thursday. Süver is said to remark "I'm not guilty, so why am I still arrested" during a phone conversation with his wife.

Süver was expected to be released in September but now, he could face more time, Üçpýnar noted.

He was arrested at his home on August 5, 2010, following charges of attempted escape while serving compulsory military duty. First taken to a military prison in Istanbul, Süver went on a hunger strike on August 9. He was later transferred to  a military prison in Ýzmir, where he pursued a five-day hunger strike.

Recounting the conscientious objector's story Bianet wrote that "on October 8, 2010, Süver was transferred to civilian facility. He contested several times that he was ill-treated and sentenced to solitary confinement. He protested the ambiguous legislative procedures and "given that he did not commit any crimes", prison time caused more and more stress. In protest, he once again went on a hunger strike on October 22."