On January 2, 2020, Timtik initiated a hunger-strike to fight for her right to have a fair trial and Ünsal joined her on February 2. On April 5, on Turkish Attorneys day, both declared, that they would go through with their fasting until their death.[1] On June 1, the International Association of Democratic Lawyers submitted a petition signed by 365 foreign and 400 Turkish lawyers to the Supreme Court urging it to acquit the imprisoned lawyers.[7] In the early hours of July 30, Timtik and Ünsal were taken from the high-security Silivri Prison to separate hospitals in Istanbul.[8] On August 12, 2020, the European Association of Lawyers for Democracy and World Human Rights sent an open letter addressed to the United Nations, expressing their grave concern about the hunger-striking lawyers.[4] Her cousin who visited her in the hospital said she was pressured into breaking her fast: "They are constantly manoeuvring to break her will. They're using every pretext."[9] After 238 days of fasting Timtik died on August 27, 2020, weighing only 30 kg.[6][10] She became the fourth Turkish prisoner to die on a hunger strike this year, following the deaths of Helin Bölek, İbrahim Gökçek, and Mustafa Koçak earlier this year.[11]