Hunger Strike

A famous Turkish folk musician and activist, who had been on a death fast for 323 days, has died in a hospital on…

One of the hunger-striking members of a Turkish folk-rock music group has died.

Hunger-striking members of a Turkish folk-rock music band known for its music that incorporates political themes…

Two members of a hunger-striking Turkish folk-rock music group have called on the authorities to fulfill a series…

A Turkish court has ordered the release of two members of Grup Yorum, a Turkish folk-rock music group known for its…

Dervis Aydın, a lawyer representing Helin Bolek and Bahar Kurt from popular Turkish music band Grup Yorum, has said…

Several Kurdish deputies, as well as thousands of Kurdish prisoners in Turkey, have ended their hunger strike, in…

Turkey’s Justice Minister Abdulhamit Gul said the government has lifted a ban on lawyers visiting Abdullah Ocalan,…

An MP for the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) as well as some family members of the Kurdish inmates on…

Members of a popular Turkish band have announced that they will stage a hunger strike from Friday 17 May in a bid…