Ümit Özdağ will start a hunger strike.

27.03.2025 12:02

Mustafa Sarıgül, who visited Ümit Özdağ, the leader of the Victory Party, currently detained in Silivri Prison, announced that Özdağ would begin a hunger strike after the holiday. Meanwhile, it has not gone unnoticed that Özdağ has lost a significant amount of weight in the recently shared photos.

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Victory Party Chairman Ümit Özdağ was arrested on January 22 on charges of "openly inciting the public to hatred and hostility" and was placed in Silivri Prison.

Mustafa Sarıgül, a member of the Republican People's Party from Erzincan, who visited Özdağ in prison, announced after the visit that Özdağ would start a hunger strike after the Ramadan holiday.

"I WAS SAD TO MEET WITH MY TEACHER ÜMİT"

Sarıgül, who conveyed Özdağ's messages, said:

"Meeting with my teacher Ümit made me extremely sad. Meeting with my teacher Ümit put me in great distress. When I came to see my teacher Ümit three weeks ago, he was more cheerful, but my teacher Ümit says:

"IT HAS BEEN 65 DAYS, WHY IS MY INDICTMENT NOT READY?"

"It has been 65 days. Why is my indictment not ready? Why am I here? I wish I knew why I am here. My crime is a strong suspicion of a crime; there is no legal basis for such a punishment. I can no longer endure this. From today onwards, I will no longer eat from the canteen. I will not eat the food provided by the ministry. I will fast with my own means. But if this continues, he says, after the holiday, I will start a hunger strike; I can no longer endure this. I will protest the laws with my body. I cannot solve the laws with my mind.

"I WILL START A HUNGER STRIKE"

I should not be here. You should not come to visit me in this prison. I did not do anything for this. I need to be free. Why are you coming to visit me? "What crime have I committed that you are coming to visit me? I am the chairman of a political party. If I do not express our views and thoughts, who will? After the holiday, I will start a hunger strike.

I tried to give him morale, but "I can no longer endure this level of injustice. I have been here for 65 days, and why is my indictment not ready? Therefore, I will express my reaction by starting a hunger strike after the holiday."

ÖZDAĞ'S WEIGHT LOSS HAD NOT GONE UNNOTICED

Ümit Özdağ, the chairman of the Victory Party, who is detained in Silivri Prison, shared a photo with his mother and sister at the beginning of March. In that photo, Özdağ's significant weight loss had not gone unnoticed.