Lawyers and families of Kurdish people's leader Abdullah Öcalan and the other prisoners in Imrali have applied to Bursa Chief Public Prosecutor's Office to be granted permission to visit their relatives.

Öcalan's lawyers Faik Özgür Erol, Cengiz Yurekli, Mazlum Dinç and Newroz Uysal also made a separate application to meet with their client on a suitable day between 30 April and 7 May.