Sisters, Zehra and Canan Kulaksiz, went on hunger strike in 2001 in protest at the conditions under which political prisoners were being held in Turkish prisons. The sisters actions were taken in a show of solidarity with the ongoing prison hunger strikes of the time.
Canan died in April 2001. Zehra eventually died in June 2001.
This news item was first broadcst on April 27th 2001, and covers the background to the prisoners' protest. It reports Canan's funeral, as well as Zehra's continuing fast.