Cypriot authorities are investigating a major security breach after a Turkish prisoner, a former reality TV contestant, managed to smuggle a mobile phone into a maximum-security wing and conduct a digital interview.

An inmate in Turkey, Gürkan Türkoğlu, has died in an Antalya hospital after a 266-day hunger strike. He was protesting and demanding a transfer from one of Turkey’s high-security 'pit-type' prisons.

The Justice Ministry refuted claims that a Turkish inmate recorded a widely circulated podcast using a contraband mobile device from Central Prisons, dismissing the allegations following online video and audio leaks.

A social media campaign has been launched to advocate for the release of Abdullah Tırpan, a 74-year-old critically ill inmate imprisoned over alleged links to the Gülen movement, amidst warnings from his family and rights advocates about his deteriorating health.

A convicted prisoner in Cyprus has conducted a podcast interview from behind bars, raising questions about media access and security protocols within correctional facilities. The recording was shared publicly despite ongoing legal restrictions on inmate communications.