However, he only spent almost 4 years in jail as political detainee.
Although most of the political detainees have been released, 38 are still being held.
The first to be targeted were former political detainees who had been allowed to return to the universities in 1955-56.
He said that the figure included only 812 political detainees.
He called on the government to release all political detainees.
He did not say whether these included political detainees.
He said all political detainees would be freed by today.
This also includes the immediate release of all political detainees.
We call for the release of all political detainees in Turkey.
The new law may in fact increase the already serious risk of torture facing political detainees.