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LAWYER FOR SLAIN TURKISH-ARMENIAN JOURNALIST FOUND DEAD IN ISTANBUL
Hurriyet
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/n.php?n=police-finds-dinks-lawyer-dead-in-istanbul-2010-06-04
June 4 2010
Turkey
DEATH: Hakan Karadag's friends gathered after hearing the incident.
A lawyer who was working on the murder case of Hrant Dink, a
Turkish-Armenian journalist slain in 2007, was found dead in his
house Friday, the Anatolia news agency reported.
Hakan Karadag's body was found hanged in the central Istanbul
neighborhood of Å~^ehremini, the agency wrote, adding that police
had removed the lawyer's body to conduct a forensic examination.
A source close to the Dink family, who declined to give his name,
said Karadag most probably committed suicide. "However, as he was a
lawyer working on the Dink murder case, the police are looking at the
possibility that he might have been murdered, although it is only a
slight possibility," the source said.
Dink, a Turkish journalist of Armenian origin, was gunned down in
broad daylight Jan. 19, 2007, in front of the offices of his bilingual
weekly, Agos. The shooter was detained a short while after the crime
was committed, and the investigation of the murder is ongoing. Dink's
family, however, has claimed that the investigation will not dig deep
enough to find those who ordered the journalist's murder.
From: A. Papazian
Hurriyet
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/n.php?n=police-finds-dinks-lawyer-dead-in-istanbul-2010-06-04
June 4 2010
Turkey
DEATH: Hakan Karadag's friends gathered after hearing the incident.
A lawyer who was working on the murder case of Hrant Dink, a
Turkish-Armenian journalist slain in 2007, was found dead in his
house Friday, the Anatolia news agency reported.
Hakan Karadag's body was found hanged in the central Istanbul
neighborhood of Å~^ehremini, the agency wrote, adding that police
had removed the lawyer's body to conduct a forensic examination.
A source close to the Dink family, who declined to give his name,
said Karadag most probably committed suicide. "However, as he was a
lawyer working on the Dink murder case, the police are looking at the
possibility that he might have been murdered, although it is only a
slight possibility," the source said.
Dink, a Turkish journalist of Armenian origin, was gunned down in
broad daylight Jan. 19, 2007, in front of the offices of his bilingual
weekly, Agos. The shooter was detained a short while after the crime
was committed, and the investigation of the murder is ongoing. Dink's
family, however, has claimed that the investigation will not dig deep
enough to find those who ordered the journalist's murder.
From: A. Papazian