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COURT ACQUITS FINAL SUSPECT IN DINK CASE
Hurriyet Daily News
Feb 14 2012
Turkey
An Istanbul court yesterday ruled to acquit CoÅ~_kun Ä°gci, a suspect
in the case of murdered Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink,
following the court's failure to deliver a verdict about him on
Jan. 17 when the trial reached its conclusion.
The court had consequently decided to separate Ä°gci's file from the
rest of the case Feb. 7 and issued a new date to convene a hearing
to decide the fate of the sole remaining case suspect who was under
trial without arrest.
The defense had requested Ä°gci's release on Sept. 19, 2011, on the
grounds persuasive and conclusive evidence indicating the suspect
had participated in Dink's murder and held membership in a terrorist
organization was lacking.
Dink was the chief editor for weekly Agos, a newspaper published in
Turkish and Armenian. He was shot in front of his office on Jan. 19,
2007. Triggerman Ogun Samast was sentenced to 22 years in prison for
the murder last year.
Ä°gci's brother-in-law Yasin Hayal was sentenced on Jan. 19 to
aggravated life imprisonment, while former police informant and
suspect Erhan Tuncel was released, leading to public outcry.
Hurriyet Daily News
Feb 14 2012
Turkey
An Istanbul court yesterday ruled to acquit CoÅ~_kun Ä°gci, a suspect
in the case of murdered Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink,
following the court's failure to deliver a verdict about him on
Jan. 17 when the trial reached its conclusion.
The court had consequently decided to separate Ä°gci's file from the
rest of the case Feb. 7 and issued a new date to convene a hearing
to decide the fate of the sole remaining case suspect who was under
trial without arrest.
The defense had requested Ä°gci's release on Sept. 19, 2011, on the
grounds persuasive and conclusive evidence indicating the suspect
had participated in Dink's murder and held membership in a terrorist
organization was lacking.
Dink was the chief editor for weekly Agos, a newspaper published in
Turkish and Armenian. He was shot in front of his office on Jan. 19,
2007. Triggerman Ogun Samast was sentenced to 22 years in prison for
the murder last year.
Ä°gci's brother-in-law Yasin Hayal was sentenced on Jan. 19 to
aggravated life imprisonment, while former police informant and
suspect Erhan Tuncel was released, leading to public outcry.