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DINK MURDER SUSPECT LAWYER INSULTED JOINT ATTORNEYS AND ARMENIAN NATION
PanARMENIAN.Net
27.02.2008 16:45 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ At the Hrant Dink murder fourth hearing at the
Istanbul 14th Heavy Penal Court on 25 February, suspect Ersin Yolcu
was questioned in the morning. He stands accused of aiding and abetting
the crime and faces 15 to 20 years imprisonment.
During the lunch break of the hearing, suspect Yasin Hayal's lawyer
Fuat Turgut, known for his ultranationalist leanings and aggressive
manner, insulted the joint attorneys. He also insulted Armenians in
general. The joint attorneys demanded that the court president remove
Turgut One of the joint attorneys, Kezban Hatemi, told journalists
during the break that gunman suspect Ogun Samast had insulted her.
The lawyers for the Dink family had made three demands prior to the
hearing: Arguing that the minutes of the hearing were insufficient
to prepare their case, they have requested access to the recording
of the hearing.
The third hearing of the case was recorded and recording will continue
during the case.
According to Fethiye Cetin, one of the joint attorneys, the refusal
to unite the cases is protecting the criminal organization behind
the murder. The request of joint attorneys to have access to the CD
recordings (audio and visual) of the third hearing on 11 February
was also refused by the court.
Lawyer Cetin criticized the fact that the court has freed four suspects
from attending court hearings despite the fact that gendarmerie
informant Coskun Igci, Irfan Ozkan and Erbil Susaman have not been
questioned yet.
Igci has also given a statement in the Trabzon trial against police
intelligence officers, saying, "I told them about the murder plans
four months earlier." He is still to be questioned in Istanbul.
At the hearing yesterday, suspects Yasar Cihan, Halis Egemen, Salih
Hacisalihoglu, Ersin Yolcu, Ahmet Iskender, Mustafa Ozturk and Alper
Esirgemez were cross-examined, BIA Turkish news agency reports.
PanARMENIAN.Net
27.02.2008 16:45 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ At the Hrant Dink murder fourth hearing at the
Istanbul 14th Heavy Penal Court on 25 February, suspect Ersin Yolcu
was questioned in the morning. He stands accused of aiding and abetting
the crime and faces 15 to 20 years imprisonment.
During the lunch break of the hearing, suspect Yasin Hayal's lawyer
Fuat Turgut, known for his ultranationalist leanings and aggressive
manner, insulted the joint attorneys. He also insulted Armenians in
general. The joint attorneys demanded that the court president remove
Turgut One of the joint attorneys, Kezban Hatemi, told journalists
during the break that gunman suspect Ogun Samast had insulted her.
The lawyers for the Dink family had made three demands prior to the
hearing: Arguing that the minutes of the hearing were insufficient
to prepare their case, they have requested access to the recording
of the hearing.
The third hearing of the case was recorded and recording will continue
during the case.
According to Fethiye Cetin, one of the joint attorneys, the refusal
to unite the cases is protecting the criminal organization behind
the murder. The request of joint attorneys to have access to the CD
recordings (audio and visual) of the third hearing on 11 February
was also refused by the court.
Lawyer Cetin criticized the fact that the court has freed four suspects
from attending court hearings despite the fact that gendarmerie
informant Coskun Igci, Irfan Ozkan and Erbil Susaman have not been
questioned yet.
Igci has also given a statement in the Trabzon trial against police
intelligence officers, saying, "I told them about the murder plans
four months earlier." He is still to be questioned in Istanbul.
At the hearing yesterday, suspects Yasar Cihan, Halis Egemen, Salih
Hacisalihoglu, Ersin Yolcu, Ahmet Iskender, Mustafa Ozturk and Alper
Esirgemez were cross-examined, BIA Turkish news agency reports.