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Ban on PKK leader from seeing his lawyers is lifted
Turkey has kept Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) leader Abdullah Ocalan in isolation since 1999

TURKEY’S Ministry of Justice has made a statement confirming the ban on Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) leader Abdullah Ocalan from seeing his lawyers has been lifted.

The announcement comes two weeks after Mr Ocalan saw his lawyers for a one hour meeting for the first time in nearly eight years. 

He is currently being held in isolation on Imrali island and is denied visits from family members and his legal team.

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