The application of the families to visit İmralı was rejected 2019-01-19 11:28:22 İSTANBUL- The application of PKK Leader Abdullah Öcalan's and the other 3 prisoner's families to Bursa Chief Prosecutor's Office to go to İmralı was rejected. The application of PKK Leader Abdullah Öcalan's brother Mehmet Öcalan, sister Fatma Öcalan and legal guardian Mazlum Dinç  to Bursa  Chief Prosecutor's Office to see Öcalan who is being kept at İmralı Supermaz Type F Closed Prison was rejected.   The application the families of the other prisoners in İmralı, Hamili Yıldırım's brother Polat Yıldırım, Ömer Hayri Konar's brother Ali Konar and Veysel Aktaş's sister Sabiha Aslan  to the prosecution's office via their lawyers was also rejected.   The prosecution refused the applications on the grounds of  restrictions imposed on convicts in the Law no. 5275 on the Execution of Criminal and Security Measures.   Mehmet Öcalan was able to visit Mr. Öcalan on January 12 for the first time after September 11, 2016.