Assistant Professor of Canakkale Onsekiz Mart University (ÇOMU), who was arrested after July 15 and held in Canakkale Prison for 5 years, was arrested after July 15. Assoc. Dr. Halil Simsek has passed away. He was arrested on July 19, 2016 and sentenced to 8 years and 9 months in prison. Dr. Halil Simsek succumbed to coronavirus 3 months before his release. Halil Simsek, 53, who was infected with the corona  in Canakkale Prison, had been hospitalized in intensive care about a week before his death. 

The Rector of the former Canakkale Onsekiz Mart University, who was infected with coronavirus in the Canakkale Prison and was taken to intensive care, Prof. Dr. Simsek, who advises Sadat Lachiner, was also in the directorate of Lapseki Higher School. Halil Simsek, the son of Zeki Simsek, one of the former mayors of Bayramic, was married and had two children. It was learned that the late Halil Simsek will be buried on Thursday in the Bayramic Cemetery.