Bölek joined the hunger strike in June 2019.[3] She was released in November 2019 but kept on fasting.[4] On 11 March 2020, İbrahim Gökçek and Helin Bölek were taken out to the Umraniye State Hospital after a police raid[5] that morning at their home in Armutlu, Istanbul.[6] In a statement made by their lawyer Didem Ünsal, the two Grup Yorum members stated that they were taken to the hospital by ambulance and that they were admitted to the emergency room, where they declared that they did not accept intervention or treatment.