Barrier to release of 31-year-old prisoner: He didn't read enough books!

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ISTANBUL - The release of Nevzat Öztürk, who has been in prison for more than 31 years, has been postponed for 3 months on the grounds of "not reading enough books" and "not using electricity sparingly".
 
Nevzat Öztürk, who was taken into custody in Istanbul in 1992, was arrested by the State Security Court (DGM) after being detained for 14 days at the Gayrettepe Police Department, with a life sentence on charges of "destroying the unity and integrity of the state". Öztürk, who was taken to Bayrampaşa Prison, was transferred to 5 different prisons during his detention. Öztürk, who was transferred to Bolu Type F Closed Prison, has been in detention for 31 years and 4 months. Despite the fact that Öztürk, who is an ill prisoner, completed his execution on June 23, he is not released due to the report given by the Prison Administration and Observation Board.
 
Öztürk's release was postponed for another 3 months on the grounds of "not using electricity sparingly" and "not reading enough books in the prison library".
 
Öztürk's lawyer Barış Marhan, a member of the Association of Lawyers for Freedoms (ÖHD), evaluated the rights violations against prisoners with the decisions of the Administration and Monitoring Board.
 
THE RELEASE OF 15 PRISONERS WAS POSTPONED
 
Sharing the information that there are 15 prisoners who need to be released in Bolu Prison, Marhan said: "Many of them are ill details and that they were not released due to the 'arbitrary' decisions of the Administration and Observation Board. My client Öztürk has a heart attack in prison and he also has many chronic diseases."

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