Hunger strike in prisons enters day 65

The hunger strike action launched by PKK-PAJK prisoners in Turkey and Northern Kurdistan jails within the scope of the "Freedom for Leader Öcalan, solution to the Kurdish question" initiative has entered its 65th day.

The rotating hunger strike action launched in prisons to demand the physical freedom of Leader Öcalan, who is kept in isolation in Imralı Prison, continues on the 65th day.

The action, which was launched on 27 November by PKK and PAJK prisoners in order to participate in the "Freedom for Leader Öcalan, solution to the Kurdish question" initiative that began on 10 October, will continue until 15 February 2024.

27 November is the date of the PKK's 'founding congress' held in the village of Fîs in Licê, in the province of Amed, in 1978. 15 February, on the other hand, is the day of the capture of Öcalan in Kenya in 1999, as a result of an international conspiracy.

Öcalan has been subjected to isolation policies in Imralı, where he has been held for 25 years. He has not been allowed to meet with his family and lawyers for almost three years.