The Imrali process and resistance – V

The Imrali process and resistance – V

The Imrali Prison was declared a restricted military zone on 17 February 1999, following the capture of Abdullah Öcalan. Imrali, which Öcalan described as a 'coffin,' became synonymous with isolation, torture, and what he defined as a system of genocide. The single-person prison cell was gradually transformed into what he called a 'genocidal system' through years of isolation and solitary confinement. On 16 February 1999, the Kurdish people and …