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TRY AGAIN: COUNCIL IN TURKEY URGES NEW TRIAL IN DINK CASE
http://armenianow.com/society/35794/hrant_dink_turkey_murder_trial
Society | 21.02.12 | 12:23
A top Turkish official state body is saying a new trial should be held
to find the killer or killers of Armenian journalist Hrant Dink who
was assassinated in 2007 outside the newsroom of his Agos newspaper
in Istanbul.
The Turkish Presidency's State Supervisory Council on Monday
recommended that top police and gendarmerie officials be prosecuted
due to their alleged negligence.
According to Hurriyet Daily News, the suggestion "amounts to a
non-binding call to the judiciary to restart the Dink murder trial
and places the suspected public servants next to the gunman."
The Council also touched on the need to reform the secret services in
order to have the ability to prevent the murders of key personalities
or social unrest like the bloody incidents that took place in Sivas
in 1993 or in KahramanmaraĆ~_ in 1978, Hurriyet reports.
"Hrant Dink's murder must be evaluated as a whole, starting from
when Dink was singled out as a target and threatened," the 650-page
report said.
President Abdullah Gul ordered the Council to investigate the murder
because the Jan. 17 verdict against the perpetrators did not satisfy
public sensitivities.
http://armenianow.com/society/35794/hrant_dink_turkey_murder_trial
Society | 21.02.12 | 12:23
A top Turkish official state body is saying a new trial should be held
to find the killer or killers of Armenian journalist Hrant Dink who
was assassinated in 2007 outside the newsroom of his Agos newspaper
in Istanbul.
The Turkish Presidency's State Supervisory Council on Monday
recommended that top police and gendarmerie officials be prosecuted
due to their alleged negligence.
According to Hurriyet Daily News, the suggestion "amounts to a
non-binding call to the judiciary to restart the Dink murder trial
and places the suspected public servants next to the gunman."
The Council also touched on the need to reform the secret services in
order to have the ability to prevent the murders of key personalities
or social unrest like the bloody incidents that took place in Sivas
in 1993 or in KahramanmaraĆ~_ in 1978, Hurriyet reports.
"Hrant Dink's murder must be evaluated as a whole, starting from
when Dink was singled out as a target and threatened," the 650-page
report said.
President Abdullah Gul ordered the Council to investigate the murder
because the Jan. 17 verdict against the perpetrators did not satisfy
public sensitivities.