Turkish Justice Minister Sadullah Ergin met with prisoners in Sincan Prison who have entered the 43rd day of a hunger strike today, Hurriyet reports.
Turkey's justice minister urged hundreds of hunger-striking prisoners today to end their protest, but did not comment on the strikers' demands, Hurriyet cites Agence France Presse as saying.
"For the well-being of your body, your health, your families: give up this action," Justice Minister Sadullah Ergin said in front of reporters after a visit to the prison of Sincan on the outskirts of Ankara, where he held his first meeting with the strikers.
Ergin emphasised that the conservative Islamist-oriented government "is working to ensure that this kind of activity is no longer necessary in Turkey", but did not say whether the government planned to answer the strikers' demands.
