Imprisoned PKK Leader Abdullah Öcalan Meets His Brother

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On the occasion of Sacrifice Feast that started on August 11 in Turkey, imprisoned Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) leader Abdullah Öcalan and other inmates of İmralı Type F High-Security Closed Prison Hamili Yıldırım, Ömer Hayri Konar and Veysi Aktaş have met their families.

In a statement released on the Twitter account of Asrın Law Bureau yesterday (August 12), it has been stated, "Our clients Mr. Abdullah Öcalan, Mr. Ömer Hayri Konar, Mr. Hamili Yıldırım and Mr. Veysi Aktaş met their families as part of family visitation. We bring it to the public attention..."

İmralı adasında bulunan müvekkillerimiz Sn.Abdullah Öcalan, Sn.Ömer Hayri Konar, Sn.Hamili Yıldırım ve Sn.Veysi Aktaş’ın aileleri bugün aile görüşü kapsamında müvekkillerimizle görüşme gerçekleştirmişlerdir.
Kamuoyunun bilgisine sunarız...

— Asrın Hukuk Bürosu (@asrinhukuku) August 12, 2019

No further details have been shared about the visitations.

In another statement shared on its Twitter account on August 7, the Asrın Law Bureau announced that lawyers of the bureau met Öcalan.

CLICK - Öcalan: Let's Resolve the Kurdish Question

Sharing details about the meeting, the Bureau indicated, "In this manner, Mr. Öcalan said, I am trying to make room for the Kurds. Let's resolve the Kurdish question. I say I can end the situation and possibility of conflict in one week. I can resolve this, I trust myself, I am ready for resolution. But the state and the mind of state should also do what is necessary."

(EMK/SD)