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    TURKISH CITIZEN FOUND GUILTY AND RELEASED IN COURTROOM

    YEREVAN, AUGUST 16, NOYAN TAPAN. The court of first instance
    of Yerevan's Malatia-Sebastia community (chaired by Judge Karen
    Farkhoyan) made on August 16 a decision, according to which Ektan
    Turkyilmaz, a Turkish citizen, was sentenced to two years' conditional
    imprisonment with one year's probation without supervision. The court
    ruled that material evidence containing 88 items of literature shall be
    handed over to the Republic of Armenia. The court found E. Turkyilmaz
    guilty of smuggling and attempted smuggling. In his indictment, the
    prosecutor Koryun Piloyan asked to impose a punishment not related to
    imprisonment - 1 mln drams (about 2.3 thousand dollars) in fine and
    confiscation of the books as material evidence. On the contrary, the
    defence took the view that the acuused must be acquited of smuggling
    charge in the absence of crime. To recap, according to the indictment,
    the accused, aided by his sister, smuggled Ghevond Alishan's book
    "Sisvan and Cilicia: Levon Metsagorts" out of Armenia. As regards
    attempted smuggling, the defence asked the court to impose a punishment
    not related to imprisonment - without confiscation of the seized
    items. The Turkish citizen may appeal against the court decision to
    the RA Appeal Court on Criminal and Military Cases within 15 days.
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