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NO ARREST FOR ARMENIAN SOLDIER'S KILLER
Hurriyet Daily News
Feb 1 2012
Turkey
A military court in the southeastern province of Diyarbak覺r ruled Jan.
30 to continue without arrest the trial of suspect K覺vanc Agaoglu
in the case of Sevag 癬^ahin Bal覺kc覺, a Turkish citizen of Armenian
origin killed under dubious circumstances while performing his military
service in 2011.
"While I was drawing barbed wire in a tilted position, I heard the
sound of a G3 rifle cocking. Then I heard the sound of a gunshot. When
I turned my head and looked, [I saw] Agaoglu standing with his G3
weapon pointing at Sevag 癬^ahin Bal覺kc覺. Bal覺kc覺 then dropped to
the ground," eyewitness Halil Ek癬_i said in his most recent testimony.
A court delegation decided to turn down the request for suspect
Agaoglu to be tried under arrest through a majority vote.
Upon the request of the Chief Justice, Ek癬_i also demonstrated the
incident inside the courtroom with a G3 rifle, the standard issue
infantry rifle used in the Turkish military. The Diyarbak覺r Second
Air Force Command Military Tribunal had decided to reschedule the last
hearing for Jan. 30 after Ek癬_i changed his testimony regarding the
circumstances under which Bal覺kc覺 lost his life on April 24, 2011,
the same date regarded as the anniversary of the 1915 events.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
Hurriyet Daily News
Feb 1 2012
Turkey
A military court in the southeastern province of Diyarbak覺r ruled Jan.
30 to continue without arrest the trial of suspect K覺vanc Agaoglu
in the case of Sevag 癬^ahin Bal覺kc覺, a Turkish citizen of Armenian
origin killed under dubious circumstances while performing his military
service in 2011.
"While I was drawing barbed wire in a tilted position, I heard the
sound of a G3 rifle cocking. Then I heard the sound of a gunshot. When
I turned my head and looked, [I saw] Agaoglu standing with his G3
weapon pointing at Sevag 癬^ahin Bal覺kc覺. Bal覺kc覺 then dropped to
the ground," eyewitness Halil Ek癬_i said in his most recent testimony.
A court delegation decided to turn down the request for suspect
Agaoglu to be tried under arrest through a majority vote.
Upon the request of the Chief Justice, Ek癬_i also demonstrated the
incident inside the courtroom with a G3 rifle, the standard issue
infantry rifle used in the Turkish military. The Diyarbak覺r Second
Air Force Command Military Tribunal had decided to reschedule the last
hearing for Jan. 30 after Ek癬_i changed his testimony regarding the
circumstances under which Bal覺kc覺 lost his life on April 24, 2011,
the same date regarded as the anniversary of the 1915 events.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress