Ayşe Çelik, a school teacher who was accused of “conducting propaganda for a terrorist organization” in April 2017 for her remarks on a live TV show in 2016, when she said, “Don’t let the children die,” regarding  the  curfews imposed on Turkey’s southeastern provinces back then, was sent to prison after the sentence was suspended twice.

 

According to a report from Cumhuriyet journalist Seyhan Avşar, teacher Ayşe Çelik went to Diyarbakir Courthouse after the suspension period expired. 

 

After filling the necessary forms, the court ordered Çelik to be arrested and taken to prison. The teacher left her 18 months old daughter Deran to her mother. Çelik said the prison conditions are not fit for a baby and that she decided to leave her baby with her mother and added that she feels upset having to leave her baby alone. 

 

 

Çelik had made an individual application to the Constitutional Court on the grounds that a violation of her right to freedom of expression and the right to a fair trial had been violated.

 

Çelik formerly called the talk show program of Beyazıt Öztürk in 2016 while the curfews in the southeast Turkey was ongoing and said: "Are you aware what is going on in Turkey's south east? There is no fair media coverage and the mainstream media shows what's happening not based on facts. Do not remain silent. See us, hear us and lend us a hand. This is a shame! Don't let people die, don't let the children die! Don't let the mothers cry anymore!"