Celalettin Can’s Witnessing of Silivri Prison

Celalettin Can, spokesperson of 78ers Initiative and a member of HDP, was in Silivri prison for 5 months.

He told about his witnessing in a meeting called “Freedom to Political Hostages” in Istanbul.

Indicating that there is a serious gap in justice system, he said: “According to numbers in July 2017, there are about 228 thousand prisoners in Turkey. 70 thousand of them are university students. The solution is not building new prisons, it is freedom. The solution is to demand the freedom of political hostages.”

President of Human Rights Foundation Prof. Şebnem Korur Fincancı drew the attention to indifference of the media. She said: “People do not know anything about Turkey’s current situation. Our biggest struggle should be to tell people about what is going on in Turkey. Mainstream media feeds the society with today’s lies. We should struggle to prevent people from believing in them.”