Journalist Esra Solin Dal, who was arrested on suspicion of terrorism, has been held in solitary confinement since her transfer to prison on 27 April. It has now also been revealed that she has been searched naked both in custody and in prison.
Human rights lawyer Eren Keskin announced on Tuesday that Kurdish journalist Esra Solin Dal has been held in solitary confinement since her transfer to the Bakırköy Women's Prison. "Solin, who was arrested for her reporting on isolation and femicides, is now being held in isolation herself," Keskin wrote on the X platform after visiting Dal in the prison.
Esra Solin Dal, who works for the Mezopotamya news agency (MA), was imprisoned in Istanbul last week along with two other media professionals. The Turkish judiciary accuses them of practising "terrorism under the guise of journalism". They are suspected of being members of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) - a standard accusation that the Turkish repressive authorities systematically pull out of the box for people who are in any way connected to the Kurdish opposition, civil society and the free press.
