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Electricity bills in Turkey’s prisons on Parliamentary agenda

Electricity bills in Turkey’s prisons on Parliamentary agenda

Main opposition CHP MP Hakverdi has submitted a Parliamentary question regarding the fact that prisoners are made to pay high electricity bills in prison and their bills have tripled following the recent price increases.

Electricity bills have tripled in Turkey’s prisons as well

Electricity bills have tripled in Turkey’s prisons as well

Writing to bianet from the Elbistan Type E Closed Prison, cartoonist Ahmet Bilge says that while he and three fellow prisoners would pay 80 lira on average for the electricity bill, it almost tripled last month and they were expected to pay 220 lira.

7 March 2022 Ayça Söylemez

Ahmet Bilge draws for bianet

Ahmet Bilge draws for bianet

With his drawings, Ahmet Bilge has been reaching out to his audience from behind bars via bianet, expressing criticisms of current issues concerning politics, the government, poverty and the gap between technology and our lives.

11 January 2022 Ahmet Bilge

Ahmet Bilge draws for bianet

LETTER FROM PRISON

Ahmet Bilge draws for bianet

Behind bars for 26 years, Ahmet Bilge has been contributing to bianet with his writings and drawings on the current issues on the country's agenda.

26 July 2021 Ahmet Bilge

‘Everyone is a Bit of a Prisoner These Days…’

AHMET BİLGE DRAWS FOR BIANET

‘Everyone is a Bit of a Prisoner These Days…’

Behind bars for 26 years, writer and illustrator Ahmet Bilge draws for bianet. In his last letter, he has sent his drawings about the coronavirus outbreak, attaching the note, “Everyone is a bit of a prisoner these days…”

‘They Didn’t Give Me My Own Book Because It was in Kurdish’

AHMET BİLGE DRAWS FOR BIANET

‘They Didn’t Give Me My Own Book Because It was in Kurdish’

Behind bars for 26 years, writer and illustrator Ahmet Bilge draws for bianet.

‘No One Talks About This Injustice’

AHMET BİLGE DRAWS FOR BİANET

‘No One Talks About This Injustice’

Behind bars for 26 years, writer and illustrator Ahmet Bilge has drawn for bianet.

24 February 2020

'Maybe There is So Much Heat in This Geography to Avoid Facing the Real Problems...'

AHMET BİLGE DRAWS FOR BİANET

'Maybe There is So Much Heat in This Geography to Avoid Facing the Real Problems...'

Behind bars for 26 years, writer and illustrator Ahmet Bilge has sent his "heated" drawings to bianet, attaching the note, "Maybe there is so much heat in this geography to avoid facing the real problems, who knows?"

3 February 2020

Drawings That Could Escape Prison

AHMET BİLGE DRAWS FOR BİANET

Drawings That Could Escape Prison

Behind bars for 26 years, writer and illustrator Ahmet Bilge has sent bianet his drawings "that were not found objectionable by the censorship committee."

30 December 2019

‘It is Pretty Hard Work to Do it Behind Bars’

AHMET BİLGE DRAWS FOR BIANET

‘It is Pretty Hard Work to Do it Behind Bars’

Behind bars for 26 years, writer and illustrator Ahmet Bilge has drawn for bianet: “If you want the drawings to be in color, I can do it. But, it is pretty hard work to do it behind bars.”

19 November 2019