Prison Riots Turkey

Left-wing prisoners defied a call to surrender Thursday, vowing to fight until "death or victory" as soldiers lobbed tear-gas grenades through holes drilled in the roof in an attempt to end a three-day siege. The 435 prisoners in Umraniye prison in Istanbul are the last group to hold out after 158 inmates in another penitentiary gave up Thursday afternoon. Soldiers found guns, computers and mobile phones in some recently captured prison wards.

Inmates in Istanbul's Umraniye prison, where a four-day standoff with troops ended last week, had stockpiled guns, homemade bombs, syringe-tipped arrows and detailed maps of government offices, Turkish authorities said Sunday. Umraniye's inmates were the last to surrender in a protest in 20 Turkish prisons over plans to move prisoners from large, communal wards to small cells. Troops stormed the prisons Tuesday to end a two-month hunger strike by leftist inmates; 28 people died in the standoff.

Inmates in Istanbul's Umraniye prison, where a four-day standoff with troops ended last week, had stockpiled guns, homemade bombs, syringe-tipped arrows and detailed maps of government offices, Turkish authorities said Sunday. Umraniye's inmates were the last to surrender in a protest in 20 Turkish prisons over plans to move prisoners from large, communal wards to small cells. Troops stormed the prisons Tuesday to end a two-month hunger strike by leftist inmates; 28 people died in the standoff.

Turkish soldiers lobbed tear-gas grenades into a besieged prison, forcing about 430 inmates to surrender and ending a four-day prison standoff that left at least 26 people dead. Inmates in Istanbul's Umraniye prison were the last to hold out after about 5,000 soldiers stormed 20 prisons Tuesday.

Turkish soldiers lobbed tear-gas grenades into a besieged prison, forcing about 430 inmates to surrender and ending a four-day prison standoff that left at least 26 people dead. Inmates in Istanbul's Umraniye prison were the last to hold out after about 5,000 soldiers stormed 20 prisons Tuesday.

Left-wing prisoners defied a call to surrender Thursday, vowing to fight until "death or victory" as soldiers lobbed tear-gas grenades through holes drilled in the roof in an attempt to end a three-day siege. The 435 prisoners in Umraniye prison in Istanbul are the last group to hold out after 158 inmates in another penitentiary gave up Thursday afternoon. Soldiers found guns, computers and mobile phones in some recently captured prison wards.