New statement from prisoners on hunger strike -UPDATE
New statement from prisoners on hunger strike -UPDATE
The spokeperson of Kurdish political prisoners on hunger strike has pointed out in a statement that there has been a misunderstanding as to the number of prisoners involved in the hunger strike.
Spokesperson Deniz Kaya on behalf of Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) and Kurdistan Women’s Liberation Party (PAJK) prisoners said that; “We are repeating our statement to make it clear and not to give rise to any misunderstanding as to the indefinite and irreversible hunger strike which began on 12 September and has been joined not by all PKK and PAJK prisoners but by groups in all prisons.”
Kaya pointed out that the hunger strike in all prisons in Turkey and Kurdistan has entered 38th day and that it will continue until the pronounced demands are fulfilled.
Around a thousand prisoners are estimated to be on the hunger strike with the names of around 490 have been determined so far;
Names of prisoners on hunger strike since 12 September
Diyarbakýr D Type Prison: Ersan Nazlýer, Ferhat Önder, Mazlum Tekdað, Ercan Þengül, Tayip Temel, Ramazan Baþarý, M. Þerif Aslan, M. Salih Ýlen, Ramazan Yýldýrým, Fýrat Bilir, Sami Ceylani, Davut Polat, Erdal Emeç, Cihat Bekir, Osman Ötün.
Diyarbakýr E Type Prison: Sara Aktaþ, Mizgin Arý, Nihayet Taþdemir, Herdem Kýzýlkaya, Pero Dündar, Besime Konca, Seve Demir, Taybet Belge, Zeynep Kaplan.
Kandýra No 1 F Type Prison: Ömer Faruk Çalýþkan, Fehmi Arslan, Mahmut Gücin, Yusuf Keskin, Cevdet Halim, Ýbrahim Aykurt, Nihat Baran, Necat Saçi, Aydýn Tunç, Hakan Yalçýnkaya.
Kandýra No 2 F Type Prison: Muhammet Mahmo, Þehmus Öncel, Yasin Yýlmaz, Ersin Yolu, Erol Þen, Suphi Yalçýnkaya, Emrah Kaplan, Nazmi Doðan, Abdullah Rüzgar.
Siirt E Type Prison: Gülistan Abdo, Gülan Kýlýçoðlu, Emel Gültekin, Dilþah Kocakaya, Rýzgar (Ecevit) Turan, Burhan Eviz, Tevfik Özdemir, Erdi Çelik, Abdurrahman Budak, Lokman Karaþi.
Bolu F Type Prison: Sakýp Hazman, Abdullah Oral, Maruf Türka, Aydýn Þaka, Muzaffer Akengin, Murat Avcý, Hasan Ateþçi, Ali Þek, Ali Adýman, Ahmet Akkurt.
Erzurum Oltu T Type Prison: Nihat Varlý, Tahir Temel, Ýzzet Eren, Sedat Avcý, Bayer Uðurlu, Salih Erdem ve Bülent Akar
Names of prisoners on hunger strike since 24 September
Erzurum H Type Prison: Haci Sincer, Selman Gülbahçe, Sinan Gencer, Ömer Çelik, Adem Yýlmaz, Muzaffer Yýlmaz, Kani Çelik, Ýbrahim Vezir Abbasaviç, A. Kadir Irmak, Veysi Akgönül.
Rize Kalkandere Prison: Sedat Çayýr, Mehmet Ýnatçý, Ýlhan Dayan, Mazhar Tümen, Þerif Erten, Recep Bal, H. Mesut Çelebi, Edip Erdem, Mahsum Kahraman, Metin Toprak.
Bakýrköy Women’s Closed Prison: Fatma Koçak, Ayþe Oyman, Melek Dolaz, Ayþe Güney, Semra Tekin, Çimen Türk, Canan Güler, Nurcan Can, Hacire Tanýrgan, Haným Çelik.
Antep H Type Prison: Mehmet Çelik, Cevzet Derse, Müslüm Demir, Necmettin Ayhan, Murat Gümüþ, Eyüp Çelik, Mülazým Manyak, Þaban Þahin, Mübarek Aku ve Ýlyas Arzu.
Silivri No 2 L Type Prison: Mümtaz Aydeniz, Rýdvan Balku, Erdal Avcý, Aslan Ýþçioðlu, Ýsmail Adalmýþ, Arif Yýlmaz, Osman Koþut, Mehmet Selim Çelik, M. Baki Bingöl, Þeyhmus Kalkan.
Midyat M Tipi Cezaevi: Derya Moray, Ayþe Kara, Mustafa Ayhan, Kemal Bahtiyar Hasan, Ýlyas Demir, Beyhan Gözmen, Gývara Atýko.
Mardin E Type Closed Prison: Yunus Durdu, Musa Arslan, Fýrat Arzu, Mehmet Yavuzel, Cumhur Karuman, Hiriþ Menberi, Emin Gezer, Þirin Þahin, Züleyha Yýlmaz ve Behice Tanrýverdi.
Edirne F Type Prison: Nasrettin Merter, Hasan Kýzýlkan, Ersin Kazgan, Barýþ Mete, Yýldýrým Turgut, Nizam Özlük, Mehmet Zahit Þahin, Kerem Ýmrak, Tuncay Genç, Kürþat Fýrat Vural.
Names of prisoners on hunger strike since 3 October
Muþ E Type Prison: Atilla Çoþkunözer, Hüseyin Batýbey, Fesih Taþ, Erhan Aydýn, Osman Pinç, Mehmet Sýdýk Ayaz, Muhammet Ahmet, Murat Bütün, Haydar Sever ve Sabahattin Tekin.
Ýzmir Kýrýklar No 2 F Type Prison: Sertaç Kýlýçarslan, Þenol Koç, Nevzat Kýlýç, Mehmet Yayan, Turgut Koyuncu, Özkan Yaþar, Ekrem Altay, Hurþit Kütler ve Ahmet Kaya.
Names of prisoners on hunger strike since 4 October
Bayburt M Type Prison: Bozan Açlan, Ali Emirhani, Haþim Özdaþ, Ömer Tutuþ, Lokman Ýnce, Emrah Aba.
Names of prisoners on hunger strike since 5 October
Batman M Type Prison: Þeyhmuz Bülbül, Ali Adýbelli, Nizam Arzýk, Delil Yýlmaz, Adnan Yiðittekin, Serdar Þahin, Atilla Öztürk, Ýskan Egüz, Ahmet Eski.
Bingöl M Type Prison: Haným Çeþme, Saffet Durmaz, Ahmet Korhan, Edip Yalçýnkaya, Osman Kýlýç, Baran Gönona, Diyar Kaydu, Emrullah Kurcan, Aslan Ýbicik.
Sincan Cezaevi (woman prisoners) : Naime Encü, Güler Özbay, Zeynep Kýyar, Azize Yaðýz, Emine Demir, Adile Dagal, Berivan Elter, Gülistan Ýnan, Ayþegül Ayaz;
Sincan No 2 F Type Prison: Özkan Kart, Reþat Özdil, Cabbar Palabýyýk, Bedri Temizyüz, Bülent Güneþ, M. Emin Akkuþ, Resul Muhammed, Ahmet Akgün, Süleyman Hamdo, M. Can Oðuzsoy.
Kýrýklar Hacýlar F Type Prison: Þeyhmus Özsubaþý, Tahir Kýzýldemir, Aram Akyüz, Murat Baludan, Velat Esen.
Adana Kürkçüler F Type Prison: Mehmet Þahin, Mehmet Halil Oruç, Mehmet Dal, Mehmet Erbey, Murat Gül, Abdurrahman Çýnar, Ahmet Baðdu, Aziz Kýlýç, Barýþ Yiðit, Cengiz Nergiz.
Ýzmir Aliaða Þakran No 2 T Type Prison: Murat Bilge, Faruk Baysu, Erdoðan Uçar, Habip Güler, Reþit Çaðlý, Ýsmail Yaman, Emin Yýldýz, Nurettin Atýnç, Mahmut Aba, Abdullah Nas.
Elbistan E Type Prison: Aysel Doðan ve Selver Yýldýrým.
Ýzmir Þakran No 3 T Type Prison: Suat Gürbüz, Hakký Yorulmaz, Agit Bilir, Mevlüt Tekin, Mirza Öztekin, A. Rahim Çetinkaya, Vahap Kuzu.
Ýzmir Þakran No 4 T Type Prison: Ubeydullah Tokay, Sedat Dalga, Mehmet Iþýk, Ziver Mete.
Ýzmir Þakran Type Closed Prison: Ayfer Ayçiçek, Þükran Aydýn, Müzeher Bulut, Gülistan Seçkin, Hatice Çakmak.
Adýyaman E Type Prison: Naci Ataman, Umut Çamlýbel, Sabri Acar.
Elbistan E Type Prison: Erdal Laçin, Kemal Demirbaþ, Ýsmail Tüzün, Ý. Hakký Tursun, Adil Abi, Abdullah Hasan, Hüsüyin Toronoðlu, Muhammet Bablis.
Tekirdað No 1 F Type Prison: Cesim Yýldýrým, Ferhat Taðay, Turan Günana, Zafer Acar, Yakup Erdoðan, Mehmet Nezir Duru, M. Þirin Abay, Þeyhmus Avcý, Cengiz Atsýz.
Tekirdað No 2 F Type Prison: Ali Karataþ, Mahsum Ortaç, Sinan Sezen, Ahmet Solgun, Harun Karataþ, Turgay Ural, Haþim Özpolat, Necati Öztekin, Mazlum Özaðar, Mazlum Dikmen, M. Ayetullah Baykartan
Giresun E Type Prison: Mehdi Ay, Faruk Beyter, Zülküf Gezen, A. Menaf Gezer, Fuat Bor, Ubeyt Þen, Mahmut Demir, Aydýn Akýþ.
Ýzmir Kýrýklar No 1 F Type Prison: Necdet Kaya, Ferda Taþlan, Deniz Atlý, Yakup Yalçýn, Cengiz Doðan, Mustafa Sevim, Onan Esen, M. Halis Vural, Bünyamin Sürme, Mesut Özcan, Zeki Bulut, Mekan Aslan, Serhat Durmen.
Amasya E Type Closed Prison: Bahattin Alpboða, Erdal Taþkýran, Devran Balkaþ, Ayhan Bayar, Derviþ Ýsmail, Meydin Athan, Taner Þirp.
Van F Type Prison: Þerafettin Demir, Kahraman Muþlu, Sedat Ýke, Fýrat Bor, Önder Al, Abdo Seyti, Ýsmet Karak, Özkan Doðan, Tahir Umiyican.
Trabzon E Type Prison: Ahmet Koç, Jiyan Fýrat Esin, Yahya Güneþ, Abdulkadir Yurcu, Tuncer Aratan.
Gümüþhane E Type Prison: Yaþar Alat, Vahit Aslanhan, Hacý Aslan, Adem Yýldýz, Medeni Durak.
Gebze Women’s Prison: Gülistan Üstün, Mülkiye Doðan, Gülbahar Aydoðan, Bilge Karaman.
Names of prisoners on hunger strike since 15 October
Tekirdað No 1 F Type Prison: Deniz Kurtay, Tahsin Barutçu, Lokman Coþkun, A. Rahim Ýzgin, Alihan Bayar, Cengiz Çelik, Hakan Adýgüzel, Ýsmail Çelik, Mehmet Gücin, Mahmut Bali, M. Emin Daðlý.
Tekirdað No 2 F Type Prison: Metin Ýnce, Kahraman Akacýk, Murat Öztürk, Bilal Nargile, Ömer Yýlmaz, Mahsun Büyükkaya, Mahsun Dýma, Sercan Avþar, Ömer Çapýn, Erkan Özdemir.
Silivri No 2 L Type Prison: Kutbeddin Yazbaþý, Þemsettin Dülek, Feremez Erkan, Ahmet Ece, Nihat Oðraþ, Mustafa Polat, Mehmet Beyazýt.
- Nilüfer Þahin, Songül Enüþtekin ve Meltem Çoban in Sincan Prison (woman prisoners) since 16 October
- Mithat Gümüþ, Fethullah Yiðit, Kurtuluþ Atalay, Sinan Yiðit in Sincan No 2 F Type Prison since 17 October
- Elif Ekinci and Ayþe Irmak in Diyarbakýr E Type Closed Prison since 13 October
-Eight prisoners in Ceyhan M Type Closed Prison since 12 October and 61 others since 16 October
Spokesperson Deniz Kaya on behalf of Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) and Kurdistan Women’s Liberation Party (PAJK) prisoners said that; “We are repeating our statement to make it clear and not to give rise to any misunderstanding as to the indefinite and irreversible hunger strike which began on 12 September and has been joined not by all PKK and PAJK prisoners but by groups in all prisons.”
Kaya pointed out that the hunger strike in all prisons in Turkey and Kurdistan has entered 38th day and that it will continue until the pronounced demands are fulfilled.
Around a thousand prisoners are estimated to be on the hunger strike with the names of around 490 have been determined so far;
Names of prisoners on hunger strike since 12 September
Diyarbakýr D Type Prison: Ersan Nazlýer, Ferhat Önder, Mazlum Tekdað, Ercan Þengül, Tayip Temel, Ramazan Baþarý, M. Þerif Aslan, M. Salih Ýlen, Ramazan Yýldýrým, Fýrat Bilir, Sami Ceylani, Davut Polat, Erdal Emeç, Cihat Bekir, Osman Ötün.
Diyarbakýr E Type Prison: Sara Aktaþ, Mizgin Arý, Nihayet Taþdemir, Herdem Kýzýlkaya, Pero Dündar, Besime Konca, Seve Demir, Taybet Belge, Zeynep Kaplan.
Kandýra No 1 F Type Prison: Ömer Faruk Çalýþkan, Fehmi Arslan, Mahmut Gücin, Yusuf Keskin, Cevdet Halim, Ýbrahim Aykurt, Nihat Baran, Necat Saçi, Aydýn Tunç, Hakan Yalçýnkaya.
Kandýra No 2 F Type Prison: Muhammet Mahmo, Þehmus Öncel, Yasin Yýlmaz, Ersin Yolu, Erol Þen, Suphi Yalçýnkaya, Emrah Kaplan, Nazmi Doðan, Abdullah Rüzgar.
Siirt E Type Prison: Gülistan Abdo, Gülan Kýlýçoðlu, Emel Gültekin, Dilþah Kocakaya, Rýzgar (Ecevit) Turan, Burhan Eviz, Tevfik Özdemir, Erdi Çelik, Abdurrahman Budak, Lokman Karaþi.
Bolu F Type Prison: Sakýp Hazman, Abdullah Oral, Maruf Türka, Aydýn Þaka, Muzaffer Akengin, Murat Avcý, Hasan Ateþçi, Ali Þek, Ali Adýman, Ahmet Akkurt.
Erzurum Oltu T Type Prison: Nihat Varlý, Tahir Temel, Ýzzet Eren, Sedat Avcý, Bayer Uðurlu, Salih Erdem ve Bülent Akar
Names of prisoners on hunger strike since 24 September
Erzurum H Type Prison: Haci Sincer, Selman Gülbahçe, Sinan Gencer, Ömer Çelik, Adem Yýlmaz, Muzaffer Yýlmaz, Kani Çelik, Ýbrahim Vezir Abbasaviç, A. Kadir Irmak, Veysi Akgönül.
Rize Kalkandere Prison: Sedat Çayýr, Mehmet Ýnatçý, Ýlhan Dayan, Mazhar Tümen, Þerif Erten, Recep Bal, H. Mesut Çelebi, Edip Erdem, Mahsum Kahraman, Metin Toprak.
Bakýrköy Women’s Closed Prison: Fatma Koçak, Ayþe Oyman, Melek Dolaz, Ayþe Güney, Semra Tekin, Çimen Türk, Canan Güler, Nurcan Can, Hacire Tanýrgan, Haným Çelik.
Antep H Type Prison: Mehmet Çelik, Cevzet Derse, Müslüm Demir, Necmettin Ayhan, Murat Gümüþ, Eyüp Çelik, Mülazým Manyak, Þaban Þahin, Mübarek Aku ve Ýlyas Arzu.
Silivri No 2 L Type Prison: Mümtaz Aydeniz, Rýdvan Balku, Erdal Avcý, Aslan Ýþçioðlu, Ýsmail Adalmýþ, Arif Yýlmaz, Osman Koþut, Mehmet Selim Çelik, M. Baki Bingöl, Þeyhmus Kalkan.
Midyat M Tipi Cezaevi: Derya Moray, Ayþe Kara, Mustafa Ayhan, Kemal Bahtiyar Hasan, Ýlyas Demir, Beyhan Gözmen, Gývara Atýko.
Mardin E Type Closed Prison: Yunus Durdu, Musa Arslan, Fýrat Arzu, Mehmet Yavuzel, Cumhur Karuman, Hiriþ Menberi, Emin Gezer, Þirin Þahin, Züleyha Yýlmaz ve Behice Tanrýverdi.
Edirne F Type Prison: Nasrettin Merter, Hasan Kýzýlkan, Ersin Kazgan, Barýþ Mete, Yýldýrým Turgut, Nizam Özlük, Mehmet Zahit Þahin, Kerem Ýmrak, Tuncay Genç, Kürþat Fýrat Vural.
Names of prisoners on hunger strike since 3 October
Muþ E Type Prison: Atilla Çoþkunözer, Hüseyin Batýbey, Fesih Taþ, Erhan Aydýn, Osman Pinç, Mehmet Sýdýk Ayaz, Muhammet Ahmet, Murat Bütün, Haydar Sever ve Sabahattin Tekin.
Ýzmir Kýrýklar No 2 F Type Prison: Sertaç Kýlýçarslan, Þenol Koç, Nevzat Kýlýç, Mehmet Yayan, Turgut Koyuncu, Özkan Yaþar, Ekrem Altay, Hurþit Kütler ve Ahmet Kaya.
Names of prisoners on hunger strike since 4 October
Bayburt M Type Prison: Bozan Açlan, Ali Emirhani, Haþim Özdaþ, Ömer Tutuþ, Lokman Ýnce, Emrah Aba.
Names of prisoners on hunger strike since 5 October
Batman M Type Prison: Þeyhmuz Bülbül, Ali Adýbelli, Nizam Arzýk, Delil Yýlmaz, Adnan Yiðittekin, Serdar Þahin, Atilla Öztürk, Ýskan Egüz, Ahmet Eski.
Bingöl M Type Prison: Haným Çeþme, Saffet Durmaz, Ahmet Korhan, Edip Yalçýnkaya, Osman Kýlýç, Baran Gönona, Diyar Kaydu, Emrullah Kurcan, Aslan Ýbicik.
Sincan Cezaevi (woman prisoners) : Naime Encü, Güler Özbay, Zeynep Kýyar, Azize Yaðýz, Emine Demir, Adile Dagal, Berivan Elter, Gülistan Ýnan, Ayþegül Ayaz;
Sincan No 2 F Type Prison: Özkan Kart, Reþat Özdil, Cabbar Palabýyýk, Bedri Temizyüz, Bülent Güneþ, M. Emin Akkuþ, Resul Muhammed, Ahmet Akgün, Süleyman Hamdo, M. Can Oðuzsoy.
Kýrýklar Hacýlar F Type Prison: Þeyhmus Özsubaþý, Tahir Kýzýldemir, Aram Akyüz, Murat Baludan, Velat Esen.
Adana Kürkçüler F Type Prison: Mehmet Þahin, Mehmet Halil Oruç, Mehmet Dal, Mehmet Erbey, Murat Gül, Abdurrahman Çýnar, Ahmet Baðdu, Aziz Kýlýç, Barýþ Yiðit, Cengiz Nergiz.
Ýzmir Aliaða Þakran No 2 T Type Prison: Murat Bilge, Faruk Baysu, Erdoðan Uçar, Habip Güler, Reþit Çaðlý, Ýsmail Yaman, Emin Yýldýz, Nurettin Atýnç, Mahmut Aba, Abdullah Nas.
Elbistan E Type Prison: Aysel Doðan ve Selver Yýldýrým.
Ýzmir Þakran No 3 T Type Prison: Suat Gürbüz, Hakký Yorulmaz, Agit Bilir, Mevlüt Tekin, Mirza Öztekin, A. Rahim Çetinkaya, Vahap Kuzu.
Ýzmir Þakran No 4 T Type Prison: Ubeydullah Tokay, Sedat Dalga, Mehmet Iþýk, Ziver Mete.
Ýzmir Þakran Type Closed Prison: Ayfer Ayçiçek, Þükran Aydýn, Müzeher Bulut, Gülistan Seçkin, Hatice Çakmak.
Adýyaman E Type Prison: Naci Ataman, Umut Çamlýbel, Sabri Acar.
Elbistan E Type Prison: Erdal Laçin, Kemal Demirbaþ, Ýsmail Tüzün, Ý. Hakký Tursun, Adil Abi, Abdullah Hasan, Hüsüyin Toronoðlu, Muhammet Bablis.
Tekirdað No 1 F Type Prison: Cesim Yýldýrým, Ferhat Taðay, Turan Günana, Zafer Acar, Yakup Erdoðan, Mehmet Nezir Duru, M. Þirin Abay, Þeyhmus Avcý, Cengiz Atsýz.
Tekirdað No 2 F Type Prison: Ali Karataþ, Mahsum Ortaç, Sinan Sezen, Ahmet Solgun, Harun Karataþ, Turgay Ural, Haþim Özpolat, Necati Öztekin, Mazlum Özaðar, Mazlum Dikmen, M. Ayetullah Baykartan
Giresun E Type Prison: Mehdi Ay, Faruk Beyter, Zülküf Gezen, A. Menaf Gezer, Fuat Bor, Ubeyt Þen, Mahmut Demir, Aydýn Akýþ.
Ýzmir Kýrýklar No 1 F Type Prison: Necdet Kaya, Ferda Taþlan, Deniz Atlý, Yakup Yalçýn, Cengiz Doðan, Mustafa Sevim, Onan Esen, M. Halis Vural, Bünyamin Sürme, Mesut Özcan, Zeki Bulut, Mekan Aslan, Serhat Durmen.
Amasya E Type Closed Prison: Bahattin Alpboða, Erdal Taþkýran, Devran Balkaþ, Ayhan Bayar, Derviþ Ýsmail, Meydin Athan, Taner Þirp.
Van F Type Prison: Þerafettin Demir, Kahraman Muþlu, Sedat Ýke, Fýrat Bor, Önder Al, Abdo Seyti, Ýsmet Karak, Özkan Doðan, Tahir Umiyican.
Trabzon E Type Prison: Ahmet Koç, Jiyan Fýrat Esin, Yahya Güneþ, Abdulkadir Yurcu, Tuncer Aratan.
Gümüþhane E Type Prison: Yaþar Alat, Vahit Aslanhan, Hacý Aslan, Adem Yýldýz, Medeni Durak.
Gebze Women’s Prison: Gülistan Üstün, Mülkiye Doðan, Gülbahar Aydoðan, Bilge Karaman.
Names of prisoners on hunger strike since 15 October
Tekirdað No 1 F Type Prison: Deniz Kurtay, Tahsin Barutçu, Lokman Coþkun, A. Rahim Ýzgin, Alihan Bayar, Cengiz Çelik, Hakan Adýgüzel, Ýsmail Çelik, Mehmet Gücin, Mahmut Bali, M. Emin Daðlý.
Tekirdað No 2 F Type Prison: Metin Ýnce, Kahraman Akacýk, Murat Öztürk, Bilal Nargile, Ömer Yýlmaz, Mahsun Büyükkaya, Mahsun Dýma, Sercan Avþar, Ömer Çapýn, Erkan Özdemir.
Silivri No 2 L Type Prison: Kutbeddin Yazbaþý, Þemsettin Dülek, Feremez Erkan, Ahmet Ece, Nihat Oðraþ, Mustafa Polat, Mehmet Beyazýt.
- Nilüfer Þahin, Songül Enüþtekin ve Meltem Çoban in Sincan Prison (woman prisoners) since 16 October
- Mithat Gümüþ, Fethullah Yiðit, Kurtuluþ Atalay, Sinan Yiðit in Sincan No 2 F Type Prison since 17 October
- Elif Ekinci and Ayþe Irmak in Diyarbakýr E Type Closed Prison since 13 October
-Eight prisoners in Ceyhan M Type Closed Prison since 12 October and 61 others since 16 October
