{"id":65505,"date":"2026-04-21T15:54:06","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T15:54:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/65505\/"},"modified":"2026-04-21T15:54:06","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T15:54:06","slug":"dismissed-turkish-civil-servant-hospitalized-after-reported-suicide-attempt-in-prison","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/65505\/","title":{"rendered":"Dismissed Turkish civil servant hospitalized after reported suicide attempt in prison"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A Turkish civil servant dismissed by an emergency decree after a coup attempt in 2016 and later sentenced to prison was hospitalized after attempting suicide in jail, with an opposition lawmaker saying he had been unable to access prescribed medication for depression.<\/p>\n

\u0130dris Ekinci attempted to take his own life in Sakarya L Type Prison, according to statements shared by lawmaker \u00d6mer Faruk Gergerlio\u011flu. He was taken to a hospital after the incident and remains under treatment.<\/p>\n

Cezaevinde intihar giri\u015fimleri bitmiyor!<\/p>\n

Sakarya 1L cezaevinde \u0130dris Ekinci, KHK ihra\u00e7 bir eski memur, depresyondan dolay\u0131 kulland\u0131\u011f\u0131 ila\u00e7lar\u0131n\u0131 yazd\u0131ramay\u0131nca intihar giri\u015fimlerine ba\u015flam\u0131\u015f ve hastanede!<\/p>\n

B\u00f6yle mahkum niye cezaevinde? \u00d6lmesini mi bekliyorsunuz?@ctekurumsal<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 \u00d6mer Faruk Gergerlio\u011flu (@gergerliogluof) April 20, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n

Gergerlio\u011flu, a member of the pro-Kurdish Peoples\u2019 Equality and Democracy Party (DEM Party), said Ekinci had been unable to obtain medication prescribed for depression while in prison, worsening his psychological condition. \u201cSuicide attempts in prisons are not stopping,\u201d he said, questioning why an inmate in such a condition remained incarcerated.<\/p>\n

Rights groups have repeatedly reported delays and gaps in access to healthcare in Turkish prisons. Prisoners often face long waits for hospital referrals, difficulties in obtaining specialist consultations and interruptions in prescribed medication due to administrative procedures or security restrictions.<\/p>\n

Ekinci was among tens of thousands of public servants dismissed under decree laws issued during Turkey\u2019s state of emergency declared after the failed coup in July 2016.<\/p>\n

The Turkish government blames the coup attempt on the faith-based G\u00fclen movement, inspired by US-based cleric Fethullah G\u00fclen, who died in 2024, and has since carried out a sweeping purge of state institutions.<\/p>\n

More than 130,000 public servants were dismissed through emergency decrees during the state of emergency, which remained in force until July 2018, often over alleged links to terrorist organizations without individualized court rulings. Most were accused of ties to the G\u00fclen movement, although some faced allegations related to left-wing or Kurdish groups.<\/p>\n

The specific grounds for Ekinci\u2019s dismissal or whether he was accused of links to the G\u00fclen movement were not clear.<\/p>\n