Once again Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan's lawyers have been denied permission to visit their client. The prosecutor in Bursa said the visit was not possible as the ferry to Ýmralý is not working.

Öcalan has not been allowed to see his lawyers for 140 days.

Most of the defense lawyers have been detained in the past weeks accused of being part of the KCK (Kurdish Communities Union), what prosecutors say is the 'urban wing' of the PKK.