Uğur Bayraktutan Announces Başaran Aksu Has Begun an Indefinite Hunger Strike
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- YENİ Party Artvin lawmaker Uğur Bayraktutan visited detained union activist Başaran Aksu at Sincan Prison.
- Bayraktutan said Aksu had begun an indefinite hunger strike to protest what he called interference with rights protected by Article 51 of Turkey’s Constitution.
- Bayraktutan described Aksu’s detention as punishment and pledged continued support for him.
Başaran Aksu has begun an indefinite hunger strike at Ankara’s Sincan Prison, according to YENİ Party Artvin lawmaker Uğur Bayraktutan, who visited him there.
Bayraktutan said Aksu started the hunger strike at 5 p.m. the previous day. He said Aksu was protesting what he described as an attack on trade union rights and interference with the rights guaranteed under Article 51 of Turkey’s Constitution.
It is not detention; it is actually punishment.
The lawmaker characterized Aksu’s detention as an unjust measure against someone engaged in union activism. “It is not detention; it is actually punishment,” Bayraktutan said.
Bayraktutan added that Aksu had sent greetings to others and pledged that he would continue supporting him. He described the union rights Aksu was asserting as legal and constitutionally protected.
Başaran Aksu is not alone; we will always stand by him.
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Originally published by Cumhuriyet in Turkish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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