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Hundreds of people, intellectuals, politicians, artists across the world has signed a letter to Prime Minister R.T. Erdoğan and Minister of Justice Bekir Bozdağ to underline the plight of 544 ill prisoners in Turkish jails with 163 in critical condition.

Although it was pre-arranged, police stopped us and said that the letter would not be accepted, said Reverand Esau, who took the letter to Turkey’ s London Embassy. “We are very saddened but we will not stop our efforts to try and engage the Turkish government.” " Tutu, in his letter, had asked Erdogan to solve the Kurdish problem through peaceful negotiations.

In a letter to the Prime Minister, Human rights activist Archbishop Tutu underlined that no winner could emerge from such a clash. “Peaceful negotiations are the only lasting solution to the problems,” he added. According to a report by ANF, the Turkish Embassy in London did not accept Tutu’s letter.