More MPs to join hunger strikes in Turkey

A number of lawmakers from the Peace and Democracy Party (BDP) are set to join hundreds of inmates who have been on an indefinite hunger strike for 60 days as of Nov. 10, with BDP co-chair Gültan Kışanak calling on the government to take rapid and urgent steps to resolve the crisis.

“Hunger strikes will come to a very critical phase on their 60th day. We cannot bear the conscientious and ethical responsibility of waiting while people are under life-threatening situations. We are ready to do what is needed for a resolution, but we have reached a conclusion that we cannot contribute to the solution of the issue by just waiting,” Kışanak told the Hürriyet Daily News on Friday.

“We don’t want to lose our hope, we want to resolve this issue. Everything would turn upside down if one person dies, so the government must take rapid and urgent steps,” she added.