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ERGENEKON PLOT LINK ALLEGED IN DINK'S MURDER
Tert.am
09:29 20.09.11
The assassination of Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink may
be connected to the ongoing Ergenekon coup-plot case, the Turkish
newspaper Hurriyet Daily news reported, citing the tiral's chief
prosecutor.
"The assassination of Hrant Dink is the latest assassination enacted
by the deep [state.] The suspects acted with ideological motivations.
The Turkish Republic and public order [were] the targets. There
are [reasons] to suspect that the murder is connected to the
Ergenekon organization," said the chief prosecutor who requested life
imprisonment for suspected conspirators Yasin Hayal and Erhan Tuncel
on Monday.
Meanwhile, Hrant Dink's acquintances and his family's lawyers stormed
out of the courtroom when the chief prosecutor requested to state
his opinion on the case, claiming that many of their requests had
not been met over the course of the trials.
"Not an inch of progress has been made in five years. [The authorities]
do not want to investigate the truth behind this murder," said Fethiye
Cetin, a lawyer for the Dink family.
It was unacceptable for the judge to grant the prosecution permission
to issue his opinion before the collection of all the evidence,
Cetin said.
The family's lawyers had earlier demanded that the trial be merged
with the Ergenekon case but the request was rejected by the court.
Tert.am
09:29 20.09.11
The assassination of Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink may
be connected to the ongoing Ergenekon coup-plot case, the Turkish
newspaper Hurriyet Daily news reported, citing the tiral's chief
prosecutor.
"The assassination of Hrant Dink is the latest assassination enacted
by the deep [state.] The suspects acted with ideological motivations.
The Turkish Republic and public order [were] the targets. There
are [reasons] to suspect that the murder is connected to the
Ergenekon organization," said the chief prosecutor who requested life
imprisonment for suspected conspirators Yasin Hayal and Erhan Tuncel
on Monday.
Meanwhile, Hrant Dink's acquintances and his family's lawyers stormed
out of the courtroom when the chief prosecutor requested to state
his opinion on the case, claiming that many of their requests had
not been met over the course of the trials.
"Not an inch of progress has been made in five years. [The authorities]
do not want to investigate the truth behind this murder," said Fethiye
Cetin, a lawyer for the Dink family.
It was unacceptable for the judge to grant the prosecution permission
to issue his opinion before the collection of all the evidence,
Cetin said.
The family's lawyers had earlier demanded that the trial be merged
with the Ergenekon case but the request was rejected by the court.