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Seven windows of isolation

Seven windows of isolation

Life in isolation is based on infinite repetition. Every day is a copy of the one before. Imagine living the same day repeatedly for 10, 20, even 30 years. You begin to feel as though you’re suspended in time, your sense of time slowly eroding.

3 November 2024

DEM Party demands end to confinement of PKK leader

DEM Party demands end to confinement of PKK leader

Imprisoned for 25 years, Abdullah Öcalan's last known contact with the outside world was three and a half years ago, when he had a disrupted phone call with his brother.

Application to Ministry of Justice by 1330 lawyers from 35 bar associations

Application to Ministry of Justice by 1330 lawyers from 35 bar associations

"The prohibition of lawyer visits to İmralı Prison not only blatantly violates Law No. 5275 on Execution of Sentences but is also inconsistent with international rules and human rights conventions," the lawyers stated.

22 January 2024

Many were detained for protesting isolation imposed on Öcalan

Many were detained for protesting isolation imposed on Öcalan

Several activists have been detained in İstanbul for protesting the isolation of the PKK leader Öcalan who has been kept in solitary confinement since 1999.

Constitutional Court rejects the application of jailed PKK leader Öcalan’s lawyers

Constitutional Court rejects the application of jailed PKK leader Öcalan’s lawyers

The Asrın Law Office applied to the Constitutional Court as they are unable to meet or hear from their clients held in İmralı Prison. The top court rejected the application on January 12 and notified the lawyers on January 31.

3 February 2022

Turkey's Health Ministry changes PCR test, quarantine conditions

COVID-19

Turkey's Health Ministry changes PCR test, quarantine conditions

Minister of Health Koca has made a statement after the Coronavirus Scientific Advisory Board meeting: The PCR test will only be applied to those who have symptoms and the ones who have received their booster shots will not be quarantined.

13 January 2022

UK to accept proof of vaccination from 37 more countries, including Turkey

COVID-19

UK to accept proof of vaccination from 37 more countries, including Turkey

The United Kingdom has decided to end self-isolation for fully vaccinated people from 37 more countries of the world, including Turkey. The country will accept the proofs of vaccination with the vaccines approved by the UK.

Jailed lawyer Çiçek: I said, ‘Give me at least some water’, they didn’t

Jailed lawyer Çiçek: I said, ‘Give me at least some water’, they didn’t

Put in solitary confinement, jailed lawyer Aycan Çiçek writes, “I said, ‘There was water in the room where I was staying; at least give me that.’ They didn’t. I was given water and food with a plastic spoon in a tray five hours after I was put in the cell.”

10 August 2021 Ayça Söylemez

Isolation of PKK leader Öcalan, hunger strikes in prisons on Parliamentary agenda

Isolation of PKK leader Öcalan, hunger strikes in prisons on Parliamentary agenda

HDP MPs Tosun, Özgüneş and Öcalan have submitted separate Parliamentary questions regarding the isolation of PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan in İmralı Prison and prisoners’ hunger strikes for an end to the isolation for 200 days.

‘Hunger strikers demand an end to isolation’

‘Hunger strikers demand an end to isolation’

Civil society organizations have made a press statement about the ongoing hunger strikes in Turkey’s prisons, calling on the authorities to protect prisoners’ rights, primarily their right to health and life.

9 February 2021

European Free Alliance: Release Leyla Güven

European Free Alliance: Release Leyla Güven

Releasing a written statement, the European Free Alliance (EFA) has demanded the release of jailed politician Leyla Güven and political prisoners and called for an end to the isolation of imprisoned PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan in İmralı Prison.

26 January 2021

‘Prisoners on hunger strike in 107 prisons of Turkey for 49 days’

‘Prisoners on hunger strike in 107 prisons of Turkey for 49 days’

Rights organizations held a joint press conference about the ongoing hunger strikes in Turkey’s prisons, urging the authorities to end violations of rights in prisons and treat prisoners in a manner compatible with human dignity.

14 January 2021

Police intervention against HDP’s press statement

Police intervention against HDP’s press statement

While several HDP members, including politicians Sezai Temelli and Ferhat Encü, have been battered by the police, several people have been detained during the intervention into the HDP İstanbul Organization's press statement against isolation.

18 December 2020

‘We Do Not Have to Obey Just Because We are Children’

SURVEY WITH 67 VOLUNTARY CHILDREN

‘We Do Not Have to Obey Just Because We are Children’

Child and Youth Studies Specialist Ceren Suntekin has conducted a survey with 67 voluntary children who stay home during pandemic. “We need to keep in mind that they are individuals, too,” Suntekin has noted.

12 June 2020 Ayşegül Özbek

Over 17 Thousand People in Quarantine in Turkey, Says Minister Kasapoğlu

Over 17 Thousand People in Quarantine in Turkey, Says Minister Kasapoğlu

Minister of Youth and Sports Mehmet Kasapoğlu has announced that a total of 17,506 citizens are currently in isolation at dormitories across 76 of 81 provinces in Turkey.

CHP MP Utku Çakırözer: Six Journalists in Isolation in Silivri Prison

CHP MP Utku Çakırözer: Six Journalists in Isolation in Silivri Prison

Main opposition CHP MP Utku Çakırözer has visited Silivri Prison and met six journalists who have been arrested over the last two weeks, namely Barış Pehlivan, Barış Terkoğlu, Hülya Kılınç, Murat Ağırel, Aydın Keser and Ferhat Keser.

Call by 50 Nobel Prize Laureates: End the Solitary Confinement

Call by 50 Nobel Prize Laureates: End the Solitary Confinement

Raising their concerns over the hunger strikes against isolation, 50 Nobel Prize Laureates have made a call to the government of Turkey and international community to “take immediate action at this critical moment to end the solitary confinement.”

One More Inmate Claims Own Life in Prison

One More Inmate Claims Own Life in Prison

Medya Çınar has ended her life in protest of the isolation conditions imposed on PKK leader Öcalan. The PKK has released a statement, calling an end to "individual acts."

‘End Isolation’ Statement by HDP, Support by Artists for Leyla Güven on Hunger Strike

‘End Isolation’ Statement by HDP, Support by Artists for Leyla Güven on Hunger Strike

While HDP Co-Chair Pervin Buldan has demanded that the voice of HDP MP Leyla Güven, who has been on a hunger strike for 110 days, as well as other hunger strikers be given an ear, several artists have also said, “Hear the voice of Leyla Güven.”

25 February 2019

Letter From Activist Angela Davis for HDP MP Güven on Hunger Strike

Letter From Activist Angela Davis for HDP MP Güven on Hunger Strike

Angela Davis, a rights defender and academic from the US, has given her support to HDP MP Güven, who has been on a hunger strike for 70 days. She has said that Güven should be released as other elected MPs in an open letter published on the New York Times.

17 January 2019

Abdullah Öcalan Meets Brother Mehmet Öcalan After 28 Months

Abdullah Öcalan Meets Brother Mehmet Öcalan After 28 Months

Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) MP Leyla Güven has been on a hunger strike for 67 days for the purpose of the removal of the isolation on PKK Leader Abdullah Öcalan.

14 January 2019

56 Prisoners on Hunger Strike in Edirne Prison

56 Prisoners on Hunger Strike in Edirne Prison

56 prisoners, who have protested PKK Leader Öcalan not being allowed to meet his lawyer and family, have gone on hunger strike.

24 October 2017

Refugees from Syria Started Hunger Strike

REFUGEE CAMPS IN TURKEY

Refugees from Syria Started Hunger Strike

More than 10,000 people from Syria sought refuge from the Assad government in Turkish refugee camps. Three camps were set up in Antakya. Refugees now started a hunger strike because the refugee camps are completely isolated from the outside world.

20 June 2011 Ekin Karaca