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    Davutoglu Regrets Using Nazi Defense at Dink Trial

    asbarez
    Wednesday, August 18th, 2010


    Murdered journalist Hrant Dink

    ISTANBUL (Milliyet Daily News) - Turkey's foreign minister has said he
    regrets the defense the Turkish state gave at the European Court of
    Human Rights in a case concerning murdered journalist Hrant Dink.

    Rejecting the defense that drew parallels between Hrant Dink's
    perspectives and Neo-Nazism that were prepared by his ministry, Ahmet
    Davutoglu indicated that Turkey could negotiate with Hrant Dink's
    family.

    `I feel regret for sending a defense to the European court regarding
    the freedom of expression. A defense like this could not have come to
    mind. As an intellectual and a minister, I could not come to terms
    with this,' said Davutoglu, noting that he felt depressed when he
    heard about the event on Sunday.

    The foreign minister said he had not signed the document because he
    was abroad in August 2009, when the defense was first filed at the
    European court.

    `Generally, I am the person who signs the negotiation and compensation
    decisions, which are the heaviest ones for me because you accept both
    the guilt and the deficiency of your country. Furthermore, money goes
    out of the government's pocket. We compensate what the judiciary lacks
    from the government's sources. You are also condemned in front of the
    whole world. After Russia, we're the country whose cases go to the
    European court the second-most frequently,' said Davutoglu.




    From: A. Papazian
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