Prisoners were on hunger strike to protest the isolation imposed on Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan. The prisoners decided to take their protests to a new stage on 5 April. The prisoners boycotted the courts and decided not to have phone calls or family visits.

In this context, the 60 female prisoners in Sincan Women's Closed Prison sent a comprehensive letter to the Ministry of Justice, government and state officials. In the letter, they requested that the isolation imposed on Abdullah Öcalan be lifted, his physical freedom be ensured and the necessary conditions be provided so that he can play his role.

The letter said: “We are 60 female political prisoners in Sincan Women's Closed Prison. The continuation of severe isolation and torture policies against Mr. Abdullah Öcalan, the pioneer of peace in Kurdistan, Turkey and the Middle East, and his friends is a sign that the government and state officials have signed a course that drags our country into even more chaos...”

The letter continued: “Today, thousands of political prisoners in hundreds of prisons are protesting against the isolation and fighting for the immediate end of the isolation with hunger strikes. This voice needs to be heard as soon as possible. We, political Kurdish female prisoners, state that it is urgent for our country that the elected government, the Minister of Justice and all those responsible, end the isolation imposed on Abdullah Öcalan and his friends, and to ensure the conditions for him to play his role for peace."