Five new prisoners are being transferred to İmralı Prison where Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan is being held since was captured in 1999.

The former group of prisoners on the island, Şeyhmuz Poyraz, Bayram Kaymaz, Cumali Karsu, Hasbi Özdemir ve Hakkı Alpan, have been sent to Tekirdağ F Type Prison and Kocaeli F Type Prison.

The new group to stay in the island prison consists of Mehmet Sait Yıldırım, Ömer Hayri Konar, Çetin Arkaş, Nasrullah Kuran and Veysi Aktaş. Their families have been informed about the transfers today.

The political prisoners will help the Kurdish leader with his work and undertake secretarial duties.