The hunger strike in which HDP Co-Chair Selahattin Demirtaş and Hakkari MP Abdullah Zeydan participated yesterday has ended based on the reciprocal promises of good will towards solutions for the problems.

HDP Co-chair Selahattin Demirtaş and Hakkari MP Abdullah Zeydan's message is as follows;

“We are pleased to hear that the hunger strike that began on February 25, 2017 in the Edirne F Type Prison has come to an end pursuant to dialogue with the prison management and the mutual, well- intentioned commitments made for the resolution of the problems.

We invite the Executive Secretary of the Prisons and the Minister of Justice, along with the wardens of other prisons where hunger strikes are taking place, to take initiative for a resolution to the problems as part of a dialogue with prisoners whose hunger strikes are ongoing, and to take responsibility for ending the hunger strikes on the basis of dialogue with the captives.

We invite the public to be mindful until all the hunger strikes have come to an end in other prisons, as they have for the Edirne prison, and we thank legal and human rights institutions, as well as our lawyers, for their significant contributions. And, we offer our gratitude to all of our people, who have not wavered in their support.”

The political prisoners at Edirne Prison also released a statement, saying;

"Through the meetings between the prison administration and our HDP MPs, officials from the Platform for Pro-Freedom Lawyers, Foundation for the Study of Society and Law (TOHAV) and the Human Rights Association (İHD) and ourselves, the channels for dialogue have been opened; the prison administration has promised to solve the existing problems.

As a result, as of today, we will be ending the indefinite and non-rotating hunger strike that we have been continuing since February 25th.

We would like to thank those who have helped us during this process."