Six more prisoners in Tekirdağ 1 and 2 F type jail joined the hunger strike started by fifteen PKK (Kurdistan Workers' Party) prisoners in Edirne F Type prison.

The indefinite and irreversible hunger strike begun on 1 December to protest against the violations of rights, strip searching, arbitrary practices and pressures and denial of treatment they suffer from in jail.

Among the fifteen prisoners are also those who were transferred from Diyarbakır D Type prison last month.

The hunger strike was started after inmates received no answer from the prison administration in response to their demands for the improvement of their conditions and ending of the repression against them.