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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.
— Asrın Hukuk Bürosu (@asrinhukuku) August 12, 2019
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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."
Ban on visitationThe ban preventing Öcalan from consulting with his lawyers started on July 27, 2011. After an 8-year break, Öcalan's lawyers were allowed to meet their client on May 2 this year. This meeting was followed by two others on June 12 and 18. CLICK - Öcalan's Lawyers Share the Details of Their Meeting with Öcalan His lawyers had been applying to meet Öcalan for 13 times since June 8; however, their applications were neither rejected nor approved. On August 7, his lawyers announced that they went to İmralı after 21 days and met Öcalan. |
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