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TURKISH COURT COMMENCES TRIAL OVER ARMENIAN SERVICEMEN'S MURDER
Tert.am
29.07.11
A Turkish court will start today the trial over the murder of Sevak
Shahin Balikci an ethnic Armenian servicemen who was killed earlier
this year in a military unit of the Turkish gendermerie, ETHA news
agency reported.
The Military Prosecutor's Office in the Turkish town of Diyarberkir
calls for sentencing the culprit - Kivanc Agaoglu - to nine years in
prison on charges of negligent murder. The lawyer of Balikci's famiy,
however, is going to demand that the perpetrator convicted on charges
of premeditated murder.
Balikci was shot dead on April 24. Official data suggest that
a bullet released accidentally from a fellow serviceman's gun had
caused his death.
The media reported later Balikci had been periodically beaten by his
commander while in service. Some people in the military unit had even
threatened to burn him.
A subsequent probe revealed that Agaoglu was infatuated with
nationalist ideas, his Facebook posts being the most fair example
of that.
It's noteworthy that the anti-racism commission of Turkey's Human
Rights Union has filed a lawsuit against the General Headquarters of
the Turkish Armed Forces.
From: A. Papazian
Tert.am
29.07.11
A Turkish court will start today the trial over the murder of Sevak
Shahin Balikci an ethnic Armenian servicemen who was killed earlier
this year in a military unit of the Turkish gendermerie, ETHA news
agency reported.
The Military Prosecutor's Office in the Turkish town of Diyarberkir
calls for sentencing the culprit - Kivanc Agaoglu - to nine years in
prison on charges of negligent murder. The lawyer of Balikci's famiy,
however, is going to demand that the perpetrator convicted on charges
of premeditated murder.
Balikci was shot dead on April 24. Official data suggest that
a bullet released accidentally from a fellow serviceman's gun had
caused his death.
The media reported later Balikci had been periodically beaten by his
commander while in service. Some people in the military unit had even
threatened to burn him.
A subsequent probe revealed that Agaoglu was infatuated with
nationalist ideas, his Facebook posts being the most fair example
of that.
It's noteworthy that the anti-racism commission of Turkey's Human
Rights Union has filed a lawsuit against the General Headquarters of
the Turkish Armed Forces.
From: A. Papazian