As DTK co-chair and HDP MP Leyla Guven’s hunger strike to protest the isolation imposed upon Kurdish People’s Leader Abdullah Ocalan continues on day 61, the hunger strikes have spread through almost all prisons. 

Thousands of prisoners have participated in the alternate hunger strikes, while the number of prisoners on indefinite and non-alternate hunger strikes has risen to at least 156. There are many prisons that can’t be contacted, so the actual number is estimated to be much higher. 

According to an article by the Mesopotamia Agency, the indefinite and non-alternate hunger strike launched by 35 prisoners in 9 prisons on December 16 continues on day 23. 13 more prisoners started an indefinite and non-alternate hunger strike in 4 prisons on December 17, and 5 prisoners joined from 1 prison on December 24, 65 prisoners in 15 prisons on December 26, 1 prisoner in 1 prison on December 28, and 23 prisoners in 7 prisons on January 5. Leyla Guven’s hunger strike that led to these had started on November 8.

The names of the hunger strikers, the prison they are held in and the date the strikes started are as follows:

NOVEMBER 8

Diyarbakir Type E Closed Prison

Leyla Güven

DECEMBER 16

Gebze Closed Women’s Prison

Hacer Halil Yusuf, Ruhşan Bozan, Özlem Özdemir, Ayten Gülsüm, Özlem Söyler.

Kandira Closed Prison Type F No.1

İbrahim Kaya, Umut Çamlıbel, Yusuf Başaran, Güven Süvarioğlu, Rıdvan Güven, Necla Atak.

Patnos Closed Prison Type L

Mehmet Bozdağ, Atilla Coşkun Özer, Ömer Kabul, Abdullah Kızılkaya.

Elazig Closed Prison No.1

Metin Serhat, Harun Alkan, Musa Candemir.

Elazig Closed Prison No.2

Cengaver Aykul (Exiled to Elazig from Patnos) 

Diyarbakir Type D Closed Prison

Sercan Gümüş, Rıdvan Kaya, Nimetullah Cinkılıç, Hayati Üzmen, Cüneyt Aslan.

Van Type F Closed Prison

Cihan Tamur, Barış Kahraman, Şahin Öncü, Azim Sökemen, Bahtiyar Kemal Hasan.

Diyarbakir Type E Closed Prison

Evin Kaya, Kibriye Evren, Hilal Ölmez.

Trabzon Besikduzu Type T Closed Prison

Ali Bektaş, Dilgeş Yaşar, Abdullah Aydın.

DECEMBER 17

Bakirkoy Closed Women’s Prison

Esma Başkale, Belgin Kanat, Zozan Kutum, Reyhan Coşmuşlu.

Tekirdag Type F Prison No.1

Ahmet Osman, Seyhan Kurt, Yakup Kaymaz.

Kandira Type F Closed Prison No.2

Sadettin Yaşar, Turan Günana, Mesut Atış.

Edirne Type F Closed Prison

Ramazan Çeper, Zerdeşt Oduncu, Adem Arslan.

DECEMBER 20

Burhaniye Type T Closed Prison 

Figen Şahin, Emine Kılıç, Gülistan Tekin, Çiğdem Şakar.

DECEMBER 24

Besikduzu Type T Closed Prison

Mahsum Yüksekbağ, Enes Aydoğan, Kerem Karagöz, Necat Çalışkan, Tacettin Turan.

DECEMBER 26

Odemis Type T Closed Prison

Uğur Çiçek, Abdurrahman Yılmaz, Mehmet Kaplan, Serhat Güzel.

Silivri Prison No.9

Seyhan Çiçekli.

Silivri Prison No.5

Zafer Sağlam, Abdulselam Akdoğan, Yusuf Bayram, Halil Ay, Şiyar Yıldırım, Hamza Doğrul.

Tekirdag Type F Prison No.2

Serdar Şahin, Ahmet Sürme, Ümit Akgümüş, Ahmet Arif Yöyler, Roger Tirej Özalp.

Tekirdag Type F Prison No.1

Sinan Çelik, Rıdvan Turan, Burhan Barut, Erhan Aydın, Ali İlhan Bayer.

Izmir Aliaga Sakran Type T Closed Prison No.2

Mehmet Durak, Tanju Yıldırım, Nihat Ekmez, Yakup Güneş, Ramazan Atalay.

Izmir Sakran Closed Women’s Prison

Rahşan Aydın, Ebru Güden, Gülten Akgün.

Sincan Closed Women’s Prison

Süheyla Taş, Zeliha Ustabaş, Saliha Taşkesen.

Kirikkale Type F Closed Prison

Sedat Alçiçek, İsa İpekli, Davud Önder, Emrah Ubiç, Kerem İmrak, İsmet Akın.

Duzce Type T Closed Prison

Süleyman Benzer, Mehmet Erbey.

Kiriklar Type F Closed Prison No.1

Erdal Polat, Abdullah Oral, Sami Öztürk.

Kiriklar Type F Closed Prison No.2

Ozan Alpkaya, Halis Dağhan.

Bafra Type F Closed Prison

Abdullatif Teymur.

Elazig Closed Prison No.2

Ahmet Tekin, Serkan Eren, Yasin Güngör.

Bursa Type H Closed Prison

Serhat Sezgin, Mithat Tunç, Salih Koyun, Metin Çakır, Hamdullah Acar, Ünal Özdağ, Mehmet Şirin Baycu, Ercan Gökçe, Sinan Gökçe, Süleyman Saydam, Mehmet Kılıç, Mehmet Yalçınkaya, Ersin Arıkan, Nurullah Yılmaz, İsmail Çetin.

DECEMBER 28

Manisa Type T Prison

Şemsettin Erdem.

JANUARY 5

Bandirma Type T Closed Prison No.1

Siraç Keskin, Agit Yılmaz, Engin Okutucu, Şeyhmus Can, Zinar Doğan.

Bandirma Type T Closed Prison No.2

Serdar Taşkın, Ekrem Gün, Mikail Mungan, İnan Söylemez, Sipan Karabulut.

Alanya Type L Closed Prison

Mesut Canbey, Ramazan Sayan, Nevin Gökçe, Zelal Başboğa.

Urfa Type T Prison No.1

Sinan Çelik, Ali Erdem, Rıza Yüksekbağ, Muhammed İlgün, Enver Kanmaz.

Urfa Type T Prison No.1

Uğur Toğyıldız, Selman Büyüktop, Ömer Kaya, Mahmut Öngör, Kemal Yiğit, Semra Akhan, Sabiha Önder.

Balikesir Kepsut Prison

Mazlum Cesur, Muhtesim Ertuğrul, Tarık Aliçi, Mehmet Aşkara.

Adana Kurkculer Closed Prison Type F

İnan Akın, Harun Kaya, Yusuf Budak.

The number and names of prisoners in Tarsus, Tokat, Kayseri and several other prisons who started indefinite and non-alternate hunger strikes on January 5 are not clear yet, but expected to be so in the coming days.