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TENS OF THOUSANDS IN TURKEY DENOUNCE ARMENIAN JOURNALIST RULING
www.worldbulletin.net
Jan 19 2012
Turkey
Outrage grows over the trial that failed to shed light on alleged
official negligence or even collusion.
Tens of thousands of people gathered in Ä°stanbul's Taksim Square on
Thursday to mark the fifth anniversary of Turkish-Armenian journalist
Hrant Dink's murder as outrage grows over a trial that failed to shed
light on alleged official negligence or even collusion.
Dink's family, friends and human rights organizations placed red
carnations on the spot where Dink was shot dead in Ä°stanbul, outside
the office of the Armenian newspaper he was editor-in-chief of, Agos.
Protesters, estimated to number 40,000, marched from Taksim Square
to Agos' office in Halaskargazi Street "for justice," a call shared
by Turkish leaders and leading businessmen who expressed unease with
this week's sentencing of one man to life in prison for masterminding
the killing, while another 18 were acquitted of charges of acting on
a terrorist organization's orders.
Many people carried black banners that read: "We are all Hrant,
we are all Armenian."
Journalist and writer Karin KarakaÅ~_lı, who is from Turkey's
Armenian community, read a press statement on behalf of the group
from the window of Agos, and slammed Tuesday's ruling.
"We want an end to this shame," she said, referring to the
five-year-long trial which has failed to shed light on the masterminds
behind the murder. "They are telling us that the [case] file has been
closed. The Dink case is not a file that can be closed. The Dink case
is a wound," she continued.
Protesters marching past the site of the killing carried banners that
read: "This case cannot finish like this." A black marble plaque
marking the spot bore the solemn words in Turkish and Armenian:
"Hrant Dink was killed here."
Dink was shot dead on Jan. 19, 2007 by the ultranationalist youth
Ogun Samast outside the offices of his newspaper in Ä°stanbul in broad
daylight. Even though five years have passed since his assassination,
Dink family lawyers and civil society organizations have long remained
concerned that evidence relating to the real perpetrators of the crime
is still being covered up and that even if the court's ruling punishes
the hit men, the public's sense of justice will not be satisfied.
Cihan
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http://www.worldbulletin.net/?aType=haber&ArticleID=84528
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
www.worldbulletin.net
Jan 19 2012
Turkey
Outrage grows over the trial that failed to shed light on alleged
official negligence or even collusion.
Tens of thousands of people gathered in Ä°stanbul's Taksim Square on
Thursday to mark the fifth anniversary of Turkish-Armenian journalist
Hrant Dink's murder as outrage grows over a trial that failed to shed
light on alleged official negligence or even collusion.
Dink's family, friends and human rights organizations placed red
carnations on the spot where Dink was shot dead in Ä°stanbul, outside
the office of the Armenian newspaper he was editor-in-chief of, Agos.
Protesters, estimated to number 40,000, marched from Taksim Square
to Agos' office in Halaskargazi Street "for justice," a call shared
by Turkish leaders and leading businessmen who expressed unease with
this week's sentencing of one man to life in prison for masterminding
the killing, while another 18 were acquitted of charges of acting on
a terrorist organization's orders.
Many people carried black banners that read: "We are all Hrant,
we are all Armenian."
Journalist and writer Karin KarakaÅ~_lı, who is from Turkey's
Armenian community, read a press statement on behalf of the group
from the window of Agos, and slammed Tuesday's ruling.
"We want an end to this shame," she said, referring to the
five-year-long trial which has failed to shed light on the masterminds
behind the murder. "They are telling us that the [case] file has been
closed. The Dink case is not a file that can be closed. The Dink case
is a wound," she continued.
Protesters marching past the site of the killing carried banners that
read: "This case cannot finish like this." A black marble plaque
marking the spot bore the solemn words in Turkish and Armenian:
"Hrant Dink was killed here."
Dink was shot dead on Jan. 19, 2007 by the ultranationalist youth
Ogun Samast outside the offices of his newspaper in Ä°stanbul in broad
daylight. Even though five years have passed since his assassination,
Dink family lawyers and civil society organizations have long remained
concerned that evidence relating to the real perpetrators of the crime
is still being covered up and that even if the court's ruling punishes
the hit men, the public's sense of justice will not be satisfied.
Cihan
View photos at
http://www.worldbulletin.net/?aType=haber&ArticleID=84528
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress