He, together with 2000 other Turkish prisoners, had gone on a hunger strike on May 19, 1996. They had asked the authorities in the government to stop torture and solitary confinements, among other things, in the Turkish prison system. As usual, no one, to this day, has bothered to talk with them. More deaths are expected. The government, the wire reports note, is planning the option of force to break the resistance of the inmates.
Turkey is an independent country.
For years now, we have been telling the world about these tales of Turkish oppression against their opponents. This culture of oppression was recently the subject of an editorial by Ahmet Altan, one of the most insightful Turkish journalists. Their memory has now sparked the Kurdish liberation struggle all over the Middle East. Their pictures adorn the Kurdish homes. Their names are given to the Kurdish boys.