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Hurriyet Daily News
June 17 2011
Dink's killer faces 27 years in prison
Friday, June 17, 2011
ISTANBUL - Daily News with wires
The prosecutor in the case of murdered Turkish-Armenian journalist
Hrant Dink has demanded that the confessed killer received between 18
and 27 years in prison for the crime.
Dink was viewed by ultra-nationalists as a traitor, an enemy of Turks
and a despicable Armenian due to the defamatory campaign launched
against him, read the legal statement issued by Prosecutor Ali Demir.
Demir presented his legal opinion Friday based on case investigations
pertaining to Dink at the trial of Ogün Samast, who is being tried at
juvenile court on charges of premeditated murder and carrying an
unlicensed firearm.
`Dink was involved in leftist activities in 1970, changed his name to
Fırat by appealing to the court due to his concerns about whether the
name Hrant may damage the Armenian community and founded in 1996 the
Agos newspaper where he advocated for the rights and interests of the
Armenians,' read the prosecutor's legal opinion on the issue.
Dink was targeted as an enemy of Turks because of the articles he
wrote, the legal opinion said, according to Anatolia news agency.
Demir's statement argued that Samast committed the murder with
premeditation and in cold blood. Samast did, however, show repentance
in the time since the killing, according to Demir.
The statement also referred to an article that Dink had written on the
same day Samast departed from the Black Sea province of Trabzon.
Dink's article showed that he had sensed that he was in peril, but
that he did not want to think about his own death, according to Demir.
The legal opinion also referred to an expert report which claimed that
Samast had no problems in terms of his level of intelligence and
comprehension, but that he had not internalized universal humanitarian
values and that he had not developed a proper sense of conscience. The
report went further to argue that Samast had been subject to violence
by his father which later affected his personal development.
From: Baghdasarian
June 17 2011
Dink's killer faces 27 years in prison
Friday, June 17, 2011
ISTANBUL - Daily News with wires
The prosecutor in the case of murdered Turkish-Armenian journalist
Hrant Dink has demanded that the confessed killer received between 18
and 27 years in prison for the crime.
Dink was viewed by ultra-nationalists as a traitor, an enemy of Turks
and a despicable Armenian due to the defamatory campaign launched
against him, read the legal statement issued by Prosecutor Ali Demir.
Demir presented his legal opinion Friday based on case investigations
pertaining to Dink at the trial of Ogün Samast, who is being tried at
juvenile court on charges of premeditated murder and carrying an
unlicensed firearm.
`Dink was involved in leftist activities in 1970, changed his name to
Fırat by appealing to the court due to his concerns about whether the
name Hrant may damage the Armenian community and founded in 1996 the
Agos newspaper where he advocated for the rights and interests of the
Armenians,' read the prosecutor's legal opinion on the issue.
Dink was targeted as an enemy of Turks because of the articles he
wrote, the legal opinion said, according to Anatolia news agency.
Demir's statement argued that Samast committed the murder with
premeditation and in cold blood. Samast did, however, show repentance
in the time since the killing, according to Demir.
The statement also referred to an article that Dink had written on the
same day Samast departed from the Black Sea province of Trabzon.
Dink's article showed that he had sensed that he was in peril, but
that he did not want to think about his own death, according to Demir.
The legal opinion also referred to an expert report which claimed that
Samast had no problems in terms of his level of intelligence and
comprehension, but that he had not internalized universal humanitarian
values and that he had not developed a proper sense of conscience. The
report went further to argue that Samast had been subject to violence
by his father which later affected his personal development.
From: Baghdasarian