Kurdish prisoner Şaban Kaygusuz has been moved to a solitary cell in the Type T No. 2 prison in Kayseri-Bünyan. The former guerrilla, who only has one leg and one hand, told about the transfer to family members during a visit.

According to his relatives, Kaygusuz said: "Two sections of the prison were recently merged. In the old section, the stairs were not very steep, and I could go up and down. However, the stairs in the new section are so steep that I cannot manage to do them alone. I don't want to have to keep asking my friends for help and I have fallen several times when I tried to come down in the evening. I also spoke to the prison staff about this."

Kaygusuz has applied to be transferred to Antep (Dîlok) because that is where his family lives. The application was rejected without explanation, and instead he was put in a solitary cell. His mother Zeynep Kaygusuz said: "If something happens to my son, the prison administration and the Ministry of Justice will be responsible. He must be transferred to Antep. The prison here has more suitable conditions."

Şaban Kaygusuz was captured in August 2018 during a military operation by the Turkish army in Siirt (Sêrt) with serious injuries; two of his fellow guerrillas died. Due to his war injury, he has a recognized degree of disability of ninety percent.