of fasting Timtik died on August 27, 2020, weighing only 30 kg. She became the fourth Turkish prisoner to die on a hunger strike in 2020, following the deaths of Helin Bölek, İbrahim Gökçek, and Mustafa Koçak earlier this year. Aftermath Deutsche Welle reported the Turkish police impeded the participation at the burial ceremony in the cemetery by her supporters, countering them with armored vehicles, a helicopter and teargas. Reactions to her death News of Timtik's death was met with condemnations of the Turkish judiciary: Turkish politician Nesrin Nas wrote on her Twitter: "I am so sorry. She just wanted a fair trial. A state that turns a deaf ear to its citizens’ demand to a fair trial…Where are we running to?" Turkish musician Zülfü Livaneli wrote on his Twitter that her death was the "death of humanity, justice and conscience" in Turkey. Turkish opposition politician Sezgin Tanrıkulu in an interview slammed the decision not to release her: "Shame on those who did not give a decision for release. We had begged the Court of Cassation [Supreme Court] to handle this file." European Democratic Lawyers tweeted: "We, from all over the world, tried our best, but as a result of injustice, the dysfunctional judicial system of Turkey, we could not get her from their hands." The Council of Europe's Commissioner for Human Rights Dunja Mijatović stated: "Ms Timtik’s death is a tragic illustration of the human suffering caused by a judicial system in Turkey that has turned into a tool to silence lawyers, human rights defenders and journalists, through systematic disregard for the most basic principles of the rule of law." A statement from the European External Action Service read: "The tragic outcome of their fight for a fair trial painfully illustrates the urgent need for the Turkish authorities to credibly address the human rights situation in the country, which has severely deteriorated in recent years, as well as serious shortcomings observed in the judiciary." Award The Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe (CCBE) bestowed Ebru Timtik posthumously with a Human Rights Award in 2020. References External links A statement by People’s Law Bureau-International Office regarding the martyrdom of lawyer Ebru Timtik, New Solution Magazine 1978 births 2020 deaths 21st-century Kurdish people 21st-century women lawyers People who died on hunger strike Place of birth missing Human rights lawyers Turkish women lawyers 21st-century Turkish lawyers Turkish Kurdish women Turkish