ANKARA - Turkey has announced today that there is one Turkish inmate in the Guantanamo Bay Prison in Cuba.
In response to a question on Wednesday, Turkish Foreign Ministry spokesman Namik Tan said that, out of 6 Turkish prisoners initially held at Guantanamo Prison, 5 have been released. The only Turk remaining at the Guantanamo Prison is Murat Kurnaz.
Tan told reporters that Kurnaz was born in Bremen, Germany and as such the German embassies in Ankara and Washington are also trying to help Kurnaz.