Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan banned from seeing his lawyers for six months
Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan has been banned from seeing his lawyers for six months.
News Center- An aggravated isolation has been imposed on Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan in Imrali; his lawyers and family members have not allowed seeing him. He had a short phone call with his brother Mehmet Öcalan on March 25, 2021. Since then, he has had no contact with his family members.
Mesopotamia Agency (MA) reported on Thursday that the lawyers of the Asrın Law Office were informed that their client Abdullah Öcalan was banned from seeing his lawyers for six months on October 31, 2023 after they filed a petition on November 6, 2023 to see him.
The reason for the ban is unknown
As the reason for the ban on Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan is still unknown, the lawyers of the Asrın Law Office are expected to apply to Turkey’s Constitutional Court for the cancellation of the ban.
The last time Abdullah Öcalan was allowed to see his lawyers was on August 7, 2019. Since then, his lawyers have filed more than a hundred petitions to see their client; however, they have not been allowed to see him.