ankara turkish teacher hunger strike months protest lose job government purge since fail coup attempt last year release jail pending trial terrorism-related charge defence lawyers say primary school teacher semih ozakca 28 release another detainee literature professor nuriye gulmen 35 also survive seven months water herbal tea sugar salt solutions remand custody ankara court release ozakca condition wear ankle monitor gulmen hospitalize due worsen health order remain custody trial resume nov. 17. pair begin hunger strike jail court order detention pending trial rule protest conduct behalf outlaw far-left group dhkp-c. deny link group teachers say hunger strike aim highlight plight 150,000 state employees include academics civil servants judge soldier suspend sack since abortive coup july 2016. turkish authorities blame coup attempt u.s.-based muslim cleric fethullah gulen supporters gulen deny involvement human right group european union say president tayyip erdogan use crackdown stifle dissent turkey something deny version story refiled correct gender ozakca throughout turkish hunger striker release remainder trial