Family of Öcalan denied visit to İmralı

The family of Kurdish People’s Leader Abdullah Öcalan had their application rejected once again.  

Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan's brother, Mehmet Öcalan, his older sister Fatma Öcalan and Mazlum Dinç filed an application to Bursa Public Prosecutor's Office to visit their relative.

The application was rejected once again.

Prisoners Hamili Yıldırım's brother, Polat Yıldırım, Ömer Hayri Konar's brother, Ali Konar and Veysel Aktaş's sister, Sabiha Aslan also filed a request to visit their relatives but had their petition rejected.

The prosecutor's office cited restrictions imposed on convicts under “Law no. 5275 on the Execution of Criminal and Security Measures” for the rejection.