Firdevs Pekguzel, the wife of the former prosecutor Mehmet Ali Pekguzel who was jailed as part of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s post-coup crackdown, passed away following a traffic accident, according to sources.

“People are dying on the way to visit their spouses in prison,” opposition deputy Omer Faruk Gergerlioglu tweeted.

“Firdevs Pekguzel died due to a traffic accident she had while on the way to visit her jailed husband in Ankara,” Gergerlioglu added.

Mehmet Ali Pekguzel was sentenced to 7.5 years in prison on an accusation of membership in the Gulen movement.

Turkish government accuses Gulenists of masterminding the July 15, 2016, failed coup while the latter denies involvement.

What is Ergenekon:

The Ergenekon trials (2008-2016) were a series of high-profile trials which took place in Turkey in which 275 people, including military officers, journalists and opposition lawmakers, all alleged members of Ergenekon, a suspected secularist clandestine organization, were accused of plotting against the Turkish government. The trials resulted in lengthy prison sentences for the majority of the accused. In the event, those sentences were overturned shortly after.

When the corrupt ministers of the Erdogan government and their children were caught red-handed on December 17/25, 2013, Erdogan and his gang, who cooperated with Ergenekon gangs, released all Ergenekon members who wanted to stage a military coup against their government. 

Source:

https://turkeypurge.com/jailed-prosecutors-wife-died-on-way-to-visit-husband-in-prison

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ergenekon_trials