Öcalan's lawyers Raziye Turgut, Rezan Sarıca, Serbay Köklü and Ibrahim Bilmez, have again applied for permission to visit the Imrali island prison tomorrow, Friday.

After 8 years of interruption, lawyers were able to finally meet with their clients on 2-22 May, 12-18 June ad 7 August 2019.

Öcalan's fellow prisoners in Imrali Ömer Hayri Konar, Hamili Yıldırım and Veysi Aktaş are also denied the right to legal assistance. Family members were last able to visit the Imrali prisoners on 3 March. For the first and only time so far, telephone conversations with them were also made possible on 27 April.