MP Leyla Güven on Hunger Strike Loses Her Mother

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Cevriye Güven, the mother of Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) MP Leyla Güven, who was not released from prison despite being elected as MP and has been on a hunger strike for about two months, has lost her life.

Leyla Güven's daughter Sabiha Temizkan has announced the death on her Twitter account:

Anneannem, #LeylaGüven’in annesi Cevriye Güven hayatını kaybetti. Annem babasının acısını da yine cezaevindeyken yaşamıştı. Onu toprağa verememişti. Annesiyle de son kez vedalaşamayacak. Hem de haksız, hukuksuz yere tutuklu olduğu için! #LeylaGüven58Gün #LeylaGüveneSesVer pic.twitter.com/hsW07eDdjA

— sabiha temizkan (@sabihatemizkan) 4 Ocak 2019

"My grandmother, #LeylaGüven's mother Cevriye Güven lost her life. My mother suffered her father's death in prison as well. She could not lay him to rest. She will not be able to bid farewell to her mother as well. And this is because she is unjustly and unlawfully arrested!"

HDP Headquarters also released a message on the death of Güven:

"With a great sorrow, we learned the death of Ceyriye Güven, the mother of Leyla Güven, who has been on a hunger strike for 58 days. Cevriye Güven not being able to see her daughter in her last days is a shame for this country." (EKN/VK)