but people are asking, what price was the release of peter steudtner?e do not know the details of the deal and it is something that will be of interest, obviously, in the coming weeks. what is also interesting is to say how this develops for gerdard schroder. not everybody will be happy he is involved in this work for the government. he is receiving a paycheck currently from vladimir putin now that he is on the board of an oil company there. >> he is a complex figure in all of this, but happy days for the family of peter steudtner. but it begs the question, why peter steudtner and why not a very prominent person in jail and other german citizens? why has he not been able to secure their release? >> from the information we have had confirmed so far, peter steudtner actually asked forgerdard schroder and others to be released. it is something we will have to say, whether that is really the case or part of the deal that turkey is yet to fulfill. it is something we will see in the coming weeks. of course, peter steudtner's release yesterday, it is why no me

turkey's public prosecutor is seeking the release of german human rights activist peter steudtner. dtner's trial got under way after he was arrested in istanbul last july. steudtner is accused of links to terrorism but berlin has dismissed those allegations and amended he be released. he is a man -- among a group of 11 activists being prosecuted, including several from the rights watchdog amnesty international. we are going to our correspondent who has been covering the trial proceedings for us in istanbul. was this decision from the prosecutor, was it really expected? guest: it certainly was not. speaking to amnesty officials at of the start of the trial today, there was the hope of possibly the turkish rights defenders could be released following talks with turkish officials but there was very little hope that peter steudtner would be released, particularly in the present climate of tension between them. throughout the day the prosecutor gave little indication he was ready to make any kind of gesture. but out of the blue you need this request in the middle of the evening and took