The women held in Bakırköy Women's Closed Prison went on a three-day hunger strike against the isolation of Kurdish people’s leader Abdullah Öcalan, Turkey's use of chemical weapons against HPG guerrillas, and the violations of rights in prisons.

The women, held in 3 separate wards, sent a message to the people through their lawyers in which they said that the use of chemical weapons is a crime against humanity and that they decided to go on hunger strike to protest this. Pointing out that an independent committee on the use of chemicals should be formed and go to the region to conduct a proper investigation, the women called on people to speak out about this issue.