News Center- A new 6-month ban on lawyer visits has been issued against Kurdish leader Abdullah Öcalan and Hamili Yıldırım, Ömer Hayri Konar and Veysi Aktaş, who have been imprisoned in the prison island of Imrali along with Abdullah Öcalan, the Mesopotamia Agency (MA) reported on Thursday.

 According to the MA, the lawyers of the Asrın Law Office learned that a new ban had been issued against their clients on November 6, 2024 when they applied to Bursa Chief Public Prosecutor's Office and Imralı Prison Directorate to meet with their clients and the lawyers were given no information about the reason for the ban.

The lawyers of the Asrın Law Office are expected to appeal to the Constitutional Court of Türkiye against the ban.

At least 14 bans on lawyer visits in 8 years

The last 6-month ban on lawyer visits was issued against Abdullah Öcalan on May 3, 2024. The judiciary rejected the lawyers' request for the disclosure of the content and file samples of the ban, citing “security” concerns.

At least 14 bans on lawyer visits have been issued against Abdullah Öcalan for eight years.