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Turkish Prime Minister Bulent Ecevit, commenting on PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan's arrest, told CNN that he is currently held on an island in the Sea of Marmara while awaiting his trial, adding that Ocalan will get a "just trial" even though his current lawyer was not allowed follow him into the country, citing that only Turkish lawyers are allowed to "inspect the Turkish judicial system" and as such, Ocalan will have a Turkish lawyer.

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