Cumali Karsu who is held in the same prison with PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan, Imralý Special Type Prison, has sent a fax to Asrýn lawyers office.

The fax content has been disclosed. Karsu writes: “I am in the position of writing some lines only in case of urgency under current prison conditions. Recent months - he added - have been characterised by a complicated process. As far as we can read from newspapers, we understand protest actions are going on in the country and above all in prisons". Karsu continued by writing that "although these actions are understandable, it is not strongly necessary to bring these indefinite action to a point where risk for the body and mind is big. We believe - he concluded - these actions should find an end which do not affect people phisically.” Clearly the fax was referring to the hunger strikes going on in many prisons and cities.

Karsu also mentioned the action of self-immolation saying that “These acts which greatly upset us should definitively end and theys should be prevented. The most sensible approach in this phase is to be physically healthy and concentrate on practical protests". The fax ended with a clear indication from Karsu: "We expect you to act in a way that would ensure the end of the ongoing hunger strikes.”

Karsu ended the fax with the following sentences; “The families don’t need to come here in this phase. This is not a matter of meting our families or lawyers. Thousands of people, including lawyers, have been arrested unlawfully in the recent period. On the other hand, it is necessary to ensure a solution in the social sense and to enable the continuation of the current process which has been locked for some reasons except from our situation. The conjunctural situation doesn’t show some promise but time will tell how the process will progress. I don’t give details about our situation as you may guess under which circumstances we are being held. Despite everything, things will get better.”