Lawyers of Imrali’s detainees apply for access 

Today, the lawyers of the Al-Asr Right Office: Razia Ozturk, Ibrahim Bilmez, Imran Emekci, and Cengiz Yurkli submitted a new request to the Bursa Republican Prosecutor’s Office and the Imrali Prison Directorate to meet with their clients; Leader Abdullah Ocalan, Omar Hayri Konar, Hamili Yildirim, and Veysi Aktaş.

Today marks the anniversary of the international conspiracy against Leader Abdullah Ocalan, who was arrested on February 15, 1999 in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi.

Worth to note that Al-Asr  Office’s lawyers submit two requests every week to the Public Prosecutor’s Office in the Turkish city of Bursa and the Imrali Prison Directorate.

 Their families also submit two requests every week, for a total of 16 requests every month, without receiving any response.

The last meeting with the leader was held by his lawyers, Rezan Sarıga and Nowruz Uysal, on August 7, 2019, while his last contact with the outside world was on March 25, 2021, during a phone call with his brother Muhammad Ocalan for 5 minutes, then the call was cut off.

According to the latest report of the Al-Asr Human Rights Office:

* Only 5 meetings were held for the lawyers, from July 27, 2011 onwards, and they were during the period from May to August 2019, and the last meeting with him was on August 7, 2019.

* Since 2014, only 5 family meetings have been conducted with him.

* The last face-to-face meeting with his brother Muhammad Ocalan was on August 3, 2020.

* Only two phone calls have been made (April 27, 2020 and March 25, 2021)

* The last phone conversation was on March 25, 2021. It lasted only five minutes.

Leader Abdullah Ocalan has been detained for more than 24 years in Imrali Island prison in the Sea of Marmara, following an international conspiracy carried out by international and regional forces, in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, and he was handed over to the Turkish occupation state on February 15 of the same year.

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