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After Grup Yorum music band announced that they received a permission to hold a concert in Yenikapı for the first time after years, the Governor’s Office of İstanbul has stated that no permission for concerts has been given to the group.

Grup Yorum music band member Helin Bölek has lost her life on the 288th day of her death fast.

Meeting with the Interior Ministry officials regarding the condition of hunger striking Grup Yorum members, Mustafa Koçak and lawyers, rights defenders have stated, “We are told that if they abandon their hunger strikes, their demands will be evaluated.”

Death fasting Grup Yorum music band members Helin Bölek and İbrahim Gökçek have been taken to a hospital with an ambulance after a police raid early in the morning.