28 years old prisoner Mustafa Koçak was sentenced to life imprisonment based on contradictory statements of an informant. Koçak went on a hunger strike demanding a fair trial and turned his protest on the 90th day into death fast which is on day 235.

Parents of Koçak staged a protest at Istanbul Kadıköy’s Khalkedon Square on Saturday to denounce their son’s worsening state of health and the unlawful treatment he has been subject to.

Father Hasan and mother Zeynep Koçak have once again called for sensitivity for their son who is nearing death, displaying a banner that read “Mustafa Koçak on death fast for justice for 235 days”.

“We will not leave Mustafa for dead. He is our son. He is hungry for 235 days. Be the voice of our son,” said the parents who were then arrested by plain-clothes policemen.

The father reacted to the arbitrary arrest, saying; “Should we stop defending our son? Should we watch and let him die? Would it be the same if he was the son of the President? Is there no justice for the poor? We want justice, nothing else.”