Kurdish leader's brother Mehmet Öcalan, Hakkı Alphan's brother Zülfü Alphan and Cumali Karsu's sister Pervin Oduncu have returned Gemlik from İmralı island where they visited their relatives in İmralı F Type High Security Prison on Monday.

In a short statement to the press while leaving Gemlik Gendarmerie Station in the afternoon, Mehmet Öcalan said that the Kurdish leader asked to meet an independent delegation of doctors for his complaints of inflammation of throat, nose and mouth.

"I will not speak for the benefit of the fragile process we are going through. The first thing is that my brother has health problems and he therefore wants to meet an independent delegation of doctors. He has conveyed his condolences to the family of the youngster killed in Lice. I think a delegation of the BDP (Peace and Democracy Party) will pay a visit to Imralı within the next week. This is all I can say for now", he said.

Families have left Gemlik.