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"The prohibition of lawyer visits to İmralı Prison not only blatantly violates Law No. 5275 on Execution of Sentences but is also inconsistent with international rules and human rights conventions," the lawyers stated.

Peace and Democracy Party Co-Chairperson Selahattin Demirtaş and Iğdır Province deputy Pervin Buldan headed to Imrali Prison this afternoon to meet PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan.

"My brother expressed his sorrow for 3 slain Kurdish politicians and demanded an urgent result on the murder investigation," Mehmet Öcalan, PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan's brother, told the press last night after returning from a visit to Imrali island prison.