Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan’s lawyers Mazlum Dinç, Ibrahim Bilmez, Nevroz Uysal and Serbay Köklü filed a new application to Bursa Chief Public Prosecutor's Office demanding an "urgent visit" with their client in Imrali Island Prison.

The family and lawyers of Abdullah Öcalan have been demanding an “urgent visit” with Öcalan since March 14 when rumours  spread on social media about the health of Öcalan. Protests were immediately organised around the world demanding a visit to be granted to lawyers. A total of 15 applications have been made since, as well as two separate applications to the Committee for the Prevention of Torture (CPT).

Abdullah Öcalan had a short phone talk with his brother, Mehmet Öcalan on March 25. The short phone conversation happened about a year after a previous call, on 27 April 2020, and it was the first time since then that Öcalan had an actual contact with someone outside.