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HRANT DINK CASE: FORMER JUDGE SAYS HE "DID WHAT THE LAW REQUIRED"
http://armenianow.com/news/41819/hrant_dink_turkish_appeals_court_ombudsman
NEWS | 10.12.12 | 14:43
A former judge says the Turkish court verdict in the case of murdered
Armenian journalist Hrant Dink may not have been "correct".
Nihat Omeroglu, who was recently elected to the position of Turkey's
Human Rights Defender by the country's parliament, was one of 18
Appeals Court judges who sided with a lower court in ruling that
there was no conspiracy in the 2007 assignation of Dink outside his
newsroom office.
According to T24.com website, Omeroglu argued that he upheld the
verdict against the objections of the Dink family because that was
what the law at the time required. "The law changed in 2008. I'm not
saying that I did what was correct by upholding Hrant Dink's ruling,
but that was what the law required at the time," he stated.
Omeroglu's election as Turkey's ombudsman caused a strong reaction
among the country's progressive society. Turkish main opposition
Republican People's Party (CHP) and pro-Kurdish Peace and Democracy
Party (BDP) MPs protested at the parliament while Omeroglu took his
oath of office there.
http://armenianow.com/news/41819/hrant_dink_turkish_appeals_court_ombudsman
NEWS | 10.12.12 | 14:43
A former judge says the Turkish court verdict in the case of murdered
Armenian journalist Hrant Dink may not have been "correct".
Nihat Omeroglu, who was recently elected to the position of Turkey's
Human Rights Defender by the country's parliament, was one of 18
Appeals Court judges who sided with a lower court in ruling that
there was no conspiracy in the 2007 assignation of Dink outside his
newsroom office.
According to T24.com website, Omeroglu argued that he upheld the
verdict against the objections of the Dink family because that was
what the law at the time required. "The law changed in 2008. I'm not
saying that I did what was correct by upholding Hrant Dink's ruling,
but that was what the law required at the time," he stated.
Omeroglu's election as Turkey's ombudsman caused a strong reaction
among the country's progressive society. Turkish main opposition
Republican People's Party (CHP) and pro-Kurdish Peace and Democracy
Party (BDP) MPs protested at the parliament while Omeroglu took his
oath of office there.