Four of Kurdish leader Öcalan's lawyers were released yesterday. The court board released its interlocutory judgment after listening to the lawyers's defense statements. The trial has been postponed to 20 June 2013.

The fourth hearing of the trial against 50 defendants (including one journalist and 26 lawyers acting for Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan) detained in the so-called "KCK" operation 22 December 2011, took place at Istanbul 16th High Penalty Court in Silivri on Thursday. The lawyers are accused of "being member of an illegal organization" and "being executive of an illegal organization" on account of the meetings which they had with their client Öcalan.
The court board released lawyers Mustafa Eraslan, Şaziye Önder, Cemal Demir and Mehmet Sabır Taş.