Democratic Society Congress (DTK) Co-chair and Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) Hakkari MP Leyla Güven’s indefinite hunger strike launched on 7 November 2018 demanding an end to the isolation imposed upon Kurdish People’s Leader Abdullah Öcalan continues on day 169.

Leyla Güven said she would continue her hunger strike until Ocalan is allowed to have regular visits with his family and lawyers. Güven was released from prison and since 25 January is continuing the hunger strike at her home, in Amed. 

The hunger strike resistance led by Leyla Güven has been joined by thousands in Kurdish and Turkish prisons as well as in many European cities.