Kind of a warm welcome to you on the thought she. Turkish german journalist dennis you chill has been released after a year in a turkish prison but you child has now been indicted on charges of spreading terrorist propaganda the Court Ordered that you should be allowed to leave prison pending trial prosecutors are seeking a jail term of up to eighteen yes its still unclear if youll be allowed to leave the country his detention has strained relations between germany and turkey here this impending release comes a day off the german chancellor Angela Merkel pushed for movement on your case in a meeting with the turkish Prime Minister yet. Germanys acting foreign just sick mug obviously had this to say about his release just a short while ago. A Turkish Court has announced that denis you joe will be freed without any restrictions and. I assume that means he will be able to leave the country we are very pleased with the courts decision. That was a villain fanmi just sigma governor lets all take a look back at how this case unfolded one year ago dennis you jel was detained in Istanbul Turkish authorities accused the correspondent from the german newspaper developed of terrorist propaganda but never charged him with any crime you child has spent most of the time in solitary confinement in an interview he said he was innocent because hed only been doing his job the German Foreign ministry confirmed the news of his release. We are relieved and glad that the reports confirm that mr yoo jail is now free and has been released from prison. After. The German Government has complained vigorously for the release of you jail as well as other journalists imprisoned in turkey many civilian organizations also demonstrated for his release its still unclear whether turkish president recha Tayyip Erdogan is behind the decision while you just has been released from jail turkish state media reports that the Public Prosecutors Office are demanding eighteen Years Imprisonment and for the very latest on this case let me join our correspondents dorian jones in istanbul and a Political Correspondent and berlin tour and let me start to you fuss can you confirm that the german turkish journalist denis has been freed. Yes actually left the prison thats what we understand from reports hes with hes with his wife his images their appearing all over social media of him embracing his wife outside the prison city prison walls so the very emotional moment for them as usual for his supporters people whove been campaigning for over a year now since his arrest and detention and also for supporters all around the world and particularly in germany so a very very special moment here but it is a bittersweet moment because while the court has. Released him from prison they have accepted an indictment against him which are for spreading enmity among the people of turkey and terrorist propaganda and that carries an eighteen year sentence right ill come back to that in just a bit and jordan were turning to you now we heard cigna garber the foreign minister say say that he thinks you should really be able to leave turkey indeed and. Said he was very happy and that it was a very good day for dennis here gel and his family and that he was positive it was very confident that the Turkish Courts. Were actually going to release him to let him go home to germany and. Of course this is a question of personal interests that he carries away this victory because it my god the governor himself has become a bit of a controversial figure here in germany as foreign minister not everybody wants him to continue the job but dont return to what you said turkey is demanding eighteen years in jail for dennis you should at the same time hes been allowed to leave prison so how does that how does that all square up. Well i mean it is not is not unusual for people to be released from pretrial detention the fight is quite normal in most courts around the world its very rare that you are held in detention trial except in exceptional circumstances and thats why this case of is so contentious hes a journalist doing his job and hes been for a year without even receiving indictment but no i mean i think certainly International Pressure particularly from he has been released at least from pretrial detention bharti does now face the prospect of going to call and facing a convicted eighteen years in jail and people are being convicted and journalists are facing these long sentences for a work which most people in the world would think was normal journalistic work i think the key question here will be wilderness future old be allowed to leave the country. That is crucial in many ways ok so let me lets just look at the picture that you mentioned about dennis your kid and his wife hugging each other thats the picture as you said a very emotional moment an emotional moment for many germans whove been following this case especially for the family of dennis you change his friends his colleagues at the newspaper where you work. Theres a first tangible evidence that we have that dennis is indeed out of prison and this was a fort a graph of dennis usual and his wife hugging each other outside the prison you can see the prison walls behind them and it was treated by the lawyer of dennis you chip and return to your authority and i know you said that the crucial thing is that really be allowed to leave the country and what are the indications there now that has come so far that it will actually let him leave the country. Well i think that is i think the expectation given the fact that the German Foreign minister has said that is going to be the case although it does raise questions about how come he knows so much about the circumstances of his release given the fact this is meant to be a judicial decision but be that it is may he does i think. He should be allowed out of the country very quickly particularly as so much importance has been attached by both. To this case i dont think they want anything to cloud will be seen as a positive news day in its efforts to normalize diplomatic relations with a key ally role in. This release comes just a day after the turkish Prime Minister was here in berlin he had talks with the german chancellor Angela Merkel the two of them were very tight lipped about this case yesterday after their meetings do you think theres a link between this release and that meeting yesterday. Well of course efforts to get done as you tell released had been pushed forward by German Authorities over recent months in fact were only getting to know details now as we speak about the trips that the foreign minister undertook with Angela Merkels permission of course so there were lots of meetings between my gabrielle and the foreign minister of turkey but even with the president everyone in the last ten days we have heard that. Met the president added one twice in fact that is highly unusual and that of course also went with Angela Merkels permission so lots of things happened before the two met yesterday but when they. Really radical uncle americal and president gilder him then we saw this as a clear sign that things were beginning to look up and many people expected also the release of dennis your child and dont do you have any kind of thoughts as to why the turkish authorities would suddenly elect dennis usual freedom in this case has. Going to bring on relations between the two sides for twelve. Months sorry i beg your pardon i think im just hearing that we have lost dorian jones in istanbul really trying to reestablish that line a little but let me return now to you nina has now i think we still hearing reports that in fact all the dead this year chile is free they are other Political Prisoners german turkish prison still being held in custody what look at you tell us about that well International Organizations are saying that some one hundred fifty five journalists are held in prison thats international internationally speaking and five german citizens are among those who are held in prison for political reasons and germany considers them to be regular respected journalists those people are also among the people that germany German Authorities want to press free and in fact everybody including tonsil americal has stressed that the release of them is you can only ever be the first step ryvita has a thank you very much for now let me now draw in another for correspondents who is following that story and that is melinda crane she is at the Munich Security Conference and shes been talking to people then getting reactions on the news that dennis you chile is free has been released from prison in turkey linda whats the latest youre hearing there. Well i am here at the Munich Security Conference where relations with turkey are a perennial topic and where there has been a great deal of concern about developments in turkey over the last year and a half so definitely a very very Police Response to this news but still a lot of questions surrounding it and in fact i am joined now by a member of the German Parliament alexander craft store for was for many years in brussels in the European Parliament is now in berlin and tell us please your own reaction and whether you see this as the beginning of a real shift in relations with turkey theres actually two reactions one on the human level of course one cannot be but happy its wonderful for mr usual to be free at last and thats thats thats good news on a second level however politically speaking hes only one journalists out of many many who have been behind bars and who still continue to be behind bars we have six german Political Prisoners still in turkey more than one hundred journalists there so the overall human rights situation has not fundamentally shifted however if for the turkish government this is a First Step Towards a change that would be something that we would of course welcome but well have to wait whether that is really the case for you when you look at the agenda of this conference which of course among other things is devoted to the risks looming the forests in this year risks that the conference head himself has assessed as a very very high how would you see the risks of strongman behavior emanating from turkey also in terms of the larger middle east where i believe we have seen a few years of strongman behavior the republic has been turned into a president ial regime mr erdogan runs the show as a strongman modeled obviously on russias president Vladimir Putin the problem for turkey is that. This Foreign Policy that he has followed has led into isolation and i believe you shells of freedom now can also be seen as one attempt of turkey to break out of this isolation because i believe that turkey has been going down a dead end in terms of its Foreign Policy and maybe trying to change that no very brief second question related to your many years in brussels prior to your current position European Defense corrugation is very high on the agenda here in this opening session today how do you see that Going Forward do you expect European Countries really to walk the walk as well as talk the talk theres lots of talking the talk youre absolutely right but to put it briefly yes i do but more slowly than some people expect because our publics are generally loath when it comes to defense expenditure to defense matters more generally so it will take a lot of explaining a lot of financing a lot of time i suppose as well Xander Claflin star thank you so much for being with us. So melinda crane there to at the Munich Security Conference and melinda be of course waiting for the German Defense minister to start speaking shortly with thank you very much for not only of course come back to life as soon as that happens. Ok returning now to our top three news of dennis futures impending release has of course become the most discussed topic on twitter in germany within the last past hour as a huge us lawyer treated minutes actually a lawyer tweeted this picture of the journalist hugging his wife delaying your chin and this is outside what appears to be the prison compound the fortress being shed more a house than times or ready and you can see why his one year in prison twelve months exactly this week have now come to an end his colleagues his friends have begun of lobbying for his release and now finally hes out. Of the bed where he was working what delighted in the newspapers editor in chief or four shot tweeted that his release was the best news ever so happy thank you to all the supporters. Lets not take a look at going to sit in he was a correspondent for the german broadsheet the event as i mentioned when he was the rest of the year ago accused of supporting terrorism but then called his arrest politically motivated leading to a Vigorous Campaign to free him heres a closer look at the your case his colleagues in berlin never gave up theyve been campaigning for dennis you just released since he was imprisoned a year ago. The hashtag free dinner is in place and on the roof of his newspapers offices. Huge ellis seen here on a talk show shortly before his arrest according to the turkish authorities he was held on suspicion of producing terrorist propaganda had been siteman to hatred. But no charges were brought until now and there were no Court Proceedings he just spent months in solitary confinement before being moved only recently to a normal cell the case further strained relations between berlin and ankara speaking last march turkeys president justified you chose detention. To free a terrorist agent supposedly journalist who was hiding in a german consulate for a month. Many managed to gain consular access to you jel and insisted that detaining him without charge was a human rights violation. Let us make no mistake it is not in accordance with rule of law if an executive in this case turk is executive prejudged as an individual as has publicly done to dennis you tell me then is. Dozens of other journalists are still being held in turkish prisons Reporters Without Borders ranked turkey one hundred fifty fifth out of one hundred eighty countries in last years World Press Freedom index. Far. Ok now let me just being a medical has been talking lets have a listen to what she had to say. Im afraid we seem to have lost that sound by. Now let me just kind of have been a dentist which is impending release has become one of the most hotly debated and discussed topics on twitter the newspaper where he was working posted in fact a photo of a reporter with simple words dennis come try dennis is free his gun is if the newspaper obviously clearly delighted as is the friends and colleagues ok lets take a listen listen and see if we can get. Sound bites for you. Ok im afraid we dont have that sorry about that but let me try and talk now to our Political Correspondent nina has there whos been following that case over dennis a year to nida remind us again as to where we are with this case the latest we know is that weve seen this lovely four to go off posted by denise you choose lawyer off the husband and wife hugging each other outside what we believe is the prison in istanbul. Well ive been looking at reactions here in germany as well ive tried to follow whats happening on social media and i must say that it is a very mixed picture that were getting lots of people celebrating of course saying that it is a happy day and lots of people retreating that picture as you said but then there are just equally many people who are saying we must never forget the others who are still in prison and then as you can only be the first one to be released and that the five other ones the five other german citizens first of all need to be freed as while and then we need to deal with the situation as a whole because there are reports as well that at the same time as dennis huge hell was released some turkish journalists were actually sentenced to life long sentences in prison so this is a very mixed picture that were seeing in germany right nina has in berlin thank you very much for that update and we will return to that story later in the program ok let me down take you live to the Munich Security Conference where the German Defense minister just up on the line is about to address delegates there lets take a live look at what she has and share floors of the lead ladies and gentlemen. Four years ago i stood here for the first time facing the stand for us at the time that america the federal president the sort of minister of defense and Foreign Affairs and myself the same message germany must assume greater responsibility in the area of foreign and Security Policy back then on february twenty fourth teen we had no idea how soon the overall security situation could put us to the test because shortly after the conference the situation began to to deteriorate rapidly. And so many people interested in how germany would respond to another and we took our responsibility. To find out what it means germany and france set up an initial. A tickle framework aimed at resolving the conflict in ukraine the minuscule green light special medical support of the o. E. C. D. Sp