A sit in was held in Van

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VAN - Citizens gathering under the leadership of HDP, held a sit in in Art Park and lit candles to support the hunger strikes.
 
A sit in was organized in order to support the hunger strike action of the prisoners demanding the termination of the isolation of PKK Leader Abdullah Öcalan.Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) Van Deputy Muazzez Orhan and provincial administrators, Free Women's Movement (TJA), Democratic Society Congress (DTK), members of the Association for Assistance and Solidarity with Prisoners and Convicts Families (TUAY-DER), and the people participated in the protest action 
 
 
There were long discussions with the police that blockaded the park. After the discussion the sit in was ended voluntarily with applause.
 

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