Cengiz Karakurt was a physics teacher who was fired with a Statutory Decree. Karakurt, who was put in Siirt Prison despite having open heart surgery, fell to the ground during the census in the ward and died in the intensive care unit.

Karakurt, who fell and fainted during the census in the ward, was taken to the intensive care unit in the hospital and then passed away. He had been in the prison as a patient for the last 1 month after undergoing open heart surgery. Although this situation was reported, Cengiz Karakurt’s treatment process was prevented and his requests for release were glossed over, as the prison authorities said he had a cold. Karakurt, who was ill and fainted, died in the hospital where he was taken.