ISTANBUL- One year old Baby Miraz, held in Maltepe Prison alongside his mother Gülistan Diken Akbaba, fell and hit his head on the concrete floor and has since been hospitalized.

 

Gülistan Diken Akbaba, was district administrator of the Peace and Democracy Party (BDP), had been released in 2013 after one and half year in prison but she was sentenced to 6 years 3 months in prison later on for “membership of a (terrorist) organization”. Meanwhile, the judge that presided over Gülistan Diken Akbaba’s case, Mehmet Ekinci, has been jailed on charges of “membership to FETÖ.”

 

Gülistan has been held in the Gebze Women’s Prison along with her one- year-old son Miraz. Baby Miraz fell from the door step in the ward last night and hit his head on the concrete floor. The baby was hospitalized immediately in the Farabi State Hospital as his head was swollen. Baby Miraz was taken back to the prison after his examination in the hospital, but he started to vomit in the ward and he was taken to the hospital again. According to reports, Miraz’s health condition is getting better.