A request from jailed journalist Ahmet Altan from the administration of the Silivri Prison in İstanbul to leave the doors to the prison courtyard unlocked on the night of a 5.8 magnitude quake which hit İstanbul last Thursday, has been turned down by the prison administration, according to an opposition deputy.
The epicenter of the quake was in the Sea of Marmara near the Silivri district where the Silivri Prison is located where thousands are jailed mostly for political reasons. Many İstanbul residents spent the night outdoors fearing a second quake.
Republican People’s Party (CHP) deputy Utku Çakırözer, a former journalist, visited Altan, former CHP deputy Eren Erdem and businessman Osman Kavala who are all jailed in Silivri following the quake to learn what happened on that day.
Çakırözer said although Altan asked the prison administration to keep the doors to the courtyard open for the safety of the inmates in case of an earthquake, the prison administration rejected his request, saying that those doors can only be left open based on a permission from the justice minister.
There are 22,700 inmates in Silivri Prison where around 500 prison personnel are employed.
During his meeting with Erdem, the former deputy told Çakıözer that neither the Justice Ministry nor the prison administration has any idea about what to do in case of a powerful earthquake, which according to experts is likely to hit İstanbul at an unknown date.
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from Turkish Minute https://www.turkishminute.com/2019/10/01/doors-to-courtyard-locked-in-silivri-prison-on-night-of-istanbul-quake/
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