Bahri Dağ was detained in the Kürdoğlu District of Bismil district of Amed on 11 October 1993. He was sentenced to life imprisonment on the charge of "disrupting the unity and integrity of the state" and was released from Elazığ High Security Closed Prison No. 2 after 30 years.

Dağ was released on Wednesday and returned to his hometown, Bismil, where he was welcomed by his friends and family.

Dağ said: "I have been released from prison. I wish my other friends had been released as well. Individual freedom is not enough. We demand social freedom and peace. We hope for peace and brotherhood to come. I thank everyone." Dağ ended his speech by saying: "Freedom will be ours."