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In the death fasting lawyers' application to the Court of Cassation, bianet's reports on witness İ.Ö.'s petition in which he said he was hallucinating and his testimony shouldn't be taken into account were also included.

İ.Ö. the "permanent witness" has testified in more than 100 political cases. In some of them, his statements were the only reason for heavy punishments. Now he says he was hallucinating, demands a judgment be overturned.

Korkmaz has been sentenced to 23 years, 9 months in prison based one the statements of permanent witness İ.Ö. though both the prosecutor’s office and the security directorate said that “he had no links with the organization.”