A.D., sent money to his friend Mehmet Ildem, who was held in Burhaniye T Type Closed Prison. A lawsuit was filed against him for "knowingly and willingly aiding an illegal organization".
Mehmet Ildem is in Burhaniye T Type Closed Prison in Balıkesir. His friend A.D. was taken into custody during a raid on his house on 15 February 2021. After being detained for 4 days, A.D. was released on "judicial control conditions". Within the scope of the investigation initiated against him, an indictment was prepared by the Balıkesir Chief Public Prosecutor's Office in which it is stated that he "knowingly and willingly helped an illegal organization". The charge refers to the fact that A.D. sent 500 Turkish liras to Ildem in September 2019.
The indictment argues that A.D. is not a relative of Ildem, who is held in the ward where PKK prisoners are staying. Ildem's petition and participation in the hunger strike the prisoners carried out in prisons between 27 November 2018 and 26 May 2019, "demanding the immediate end of the isolation imposed on Kurdish people's leader, Abdullah Öcalan," were included in the indictment to demonstrate that Ildem A.D. was in fact sending money to a PKK member.
