A list of prominent members of parliament, members of European parliament, academic, trade unionists, political commentators and friends and supporters of the Peace in Kurdistan campaign have signed an open letter to PM Erdogan, in support of demands being made by the political prisoners on hunger strike:
Peace in Kurdistan Campaign
OPEN LETTER TO TURKISH PRIME MINISTER TAYYIP ERDOGAN
PM Erdogan Must Respond to the Demands of the Kurdish Hunger Strikers
Hundreds of Kurdish prisoners are now taking part in a hunger strike which they have declared is to be indefinite.
This hunger strike began on 12 September, a not insignificant date in Turkey’s political history, with 63 people, including 13 women, in seven prisons. The numbers have grown rapidly with hundreds more Kurdish political prisoners joining the action and it is reported that 600 prisoners are currently on indefinite hunger strike.
The prisoners’ demands appear simple and reasonable: the right to education and legal defence in their mother tongue of Kurdish; and the start of direct peace talks to resolve the outstanding conflict by peaceful, constitutional means and with the full participation of imprisoned Kurdish leader Abdullah Ocalan […]