1.   Ozkeskin and Altan Berdan Kerimgiller, another leftist inmate who became the second victim of the strikes Tuesday, were both in Bayrampasa.

2.   A group of leftist inmates took eight guards hostage Tuesday to give support to two comrades on a hunger strike at another prison, the Anatolia news agency reported.

3.   A hostage-taking action Tuesday by leftist inmates in Ankara, angered at the transfer of a group of prisoners, spread to two other prisons in Turkey.

4.   Another leftist inmate at Bayrampasa, Altan Berdan Kerimgiller, became the second victim of the strikes Tuesday.

5.   Any positive effect on negotiations to get prisoners to go back to their cells seemed to be counteracted by a crackdown on sympathizers of the leftist inmates.

6.   But one leftist inmate was hospitalized upon his own request Saturday when his condition deteriorated in the western town of Gebze.

7.   Following the riots, leftist inmates in three Turkish prisons took more than two dozen guards hostage.

8.   In the old prisons, leftist inmates lived a communal life in large dormitory-style wards.

9.   Leftist inmates at two prisons took several guards hostage Tuesday to protest the transfer of some prisoners from another jail, the Anatolia news agency reported.

10.   Leftist inmates have killed two fellow militants for what they called treason, the Anatolia news agency said Wednesday.