Turkish Greenpeace activist Gizem Akhan has arrived in her homeland Friday night after having been held in Russia for more than 100 days for charges over staging a protest against an oil platform drilling in the Arctic.
Akhan left St. Petersburg Friday night after being granted exit visa following court decision ordering her release on bail.
Akhan was embraced by her family and friends at Istanbul's Ataturk International Airport and said she was pleased to be back in Turkey.
"It has been the longest protest of my life," said Akhan, stressing that Greenpeace protests against "greedy" oil corporations will continue.
Akhan, together with 29 crew members aboard a Greenpeace vessel, was arrested on September 19 for a series of protests against an oil platform drilling in the Arctic Ocean.
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