Melike Göksu, who had been elected Co-Mayor of Karayazı Municipality in Erzurum, was prosecuted on charges of “membership in a terrorist organization.” Göksu was first detained in 2017 and released after spending five months in prison. Following the Court of Cassation’s decision to uphold her conviction, she was re-arrested in 2022 and sent back to prison. Although she completed the required portion of her sentence to qualify for release, her conditional release was blocked for the fourth time on May 21 and postponed for another nine months. Allegations were raised that the Prison Administration and Observation Board discriminated against political prisoners and acted as though it were a court by reassessing prisoners beyond its authority. A relative of Göksu, who had been released from Aksaray Cezaevi on April 14, stated that Göksu was subjected to a biased evaluation by the board because she was considered a political prisoner.