Kemal Bilici, a 25-year-old decree-law discharged teacher who has been detained for three years, died. It was learned that Bilici was using heavy doses of medications.
CEVHERİ GÜVEN
BOLD – Kemal Bilici, who was discharged after 15 July and later arrested, died in the third year of his imprisonment.
After the discharge from their jobs, 18 KHK teachers including Kemal Bilici who were detained on August 18, 2016 were arrested. Kemal Bilici, one of the teachers who was sentenced to 7.5 years, was in Manisa T Type Prison.
Before his arrest, it was learned that he had no health problems. Kemal Bilici started to experience psychological problems because of the problems he had in prison.
Because of the stress he had in prison, Kemal Bilici was prescribed drugs after being diagnosed with “closed area” depression.
LOST THE ABILITY TO SPEAK AFTER MEDICATIONS
After he started taking the drugs, Bilici began to experience problems such as disturbances in his thoughts and limitations in his movements. Furthermore, he was unable to speak on the phone in recent times.
Although the family stated that the drugs were affecting him negatively, Bilici continued to be given (prescribed) medication without going through a comprehensive medical check-up. He was unable to fully understand his family’s warnings due to the attention deficit (distractibility).
REFERRED TO MENTAL AND NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS HOSPITAL
After the applications made to the public prosecutor’s office, the prison administration also observed that Bilici’s condition was getting worse, Bilici was referred to Manisa Mental and Neurological Disorders Hospital on 22 August.
Bilici was immediately hospitalized and the dose of his medication was reduced, then his condition began to improve.
THREE OTHER PRISONERS HAVE SIMILAR PROBLEMS
It was learned that three other detainees brought from Manisa T Type Prison to the same hospital, they had similar problems such as slow movement, difficulty in speaking and distraction.
It is claimed that the same drugs are given to everyone who has psychological problems in prison and the given medication dose is risky for the patients.
Bilici was given two drugs named Zestat and Gyrex. However, because Bilici was distracted at the time of the drug use, it is not known whether or not the dose of the medication he was using was correct or was he using other medications.
DIED ON SEPTEMBER 11
Bilici died on Wednesday (September 11th) while his treatment was in progress in the hospital. According to the first information, Bilici died because of a heart attack. His autopsy lasted approximately three hours. The exact cause of death will be clear after the announcement of the autopsy report.
Bilici, who was a 25-year teacher and father of two, was buried in Manisa Sarıgöl.
THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF SICK DETAINEES IN PRISONS
After July 15, non-referral or late referral to hospitals in prisons became common practice. Not to evacuate sick prisoners is another method.
According to the report of the Central Prisons Commission of the Human Rights Association (HRA), there are 1333 prisoners in the prisons, 457 of them are extremely sick.