Families' application to go to Imralı rejected

The application for a visit made to the Chief Prosecutor in Bursa by the families of Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan and the three other prisoners in Imralı was rejected.

Mehmet Öcalan, brother of Kurdish People's Leader Abdullah Öcalan and his tutelar Mazlum Dinç have been denied a visit to Imralı by the Bursa Chief Public Prosecutor's Office. Öcalan and Dinç had asked to be granted a visit on Monday.

Ömer Hayri Konar's brother Emin Konar, Hamili Yıldırım's brother Polat Yıldırım and Veysi Aktaş's sister Meliha Çetin and her daughter Eylem Çetin also saw the request for a visit rejected. 

Ömer Hayri Konar, Veysi Aktaş and Hamili Yıldırım had only met with their families on 5 June and 12 August 2019.