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TURKEY'S NATIONALIST PARTY LEADER ANGERS PARENTS OF ARMENIAN SOLDIER KILLED IN TURKISH ARMY
news.am
March 28, 2012 | 13:11
The statement made by Devlet Bahceli, the leader of Turkey's
Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), according to which solely Muslims
can be considered martyrs in Turkey, infuriated the parents of Sevag
Balikci-the Istanbul Armenian who was killed, on April 24, 2011,
in a military unit while serving in the Turkish army.
In an interview with the Radikal daily, Sevag's mother noted in anger
that her son was killed while carrying out his duty before the country
and that he will be considered a martyr. The mother stressed that two
months ago they were asked to submit documents in order to recognize
Sevag a martyr and to allocate a pension to his family.
"We sent all required documents, but have not yet received an answer.
They are probably waiting for the end of the judicial process,"
Sevag's mother said.
To note, Sevag Balikci was killed by Kivanc Agaoglu, but the Turkish
gendarmerie had stated that the death had occurred accidentally while
the soldiers were joking around. Agaoglu was released at the very first
court hearing, and on the grounds that he had no reason to escape.
The Turkish Military Prosecutor's Office demands a mere nine-year
sentence for Agaoglu, and on charges of "murder as a result of
negligence." But at Diyarbakir Military Court, a senior officer had
stated that, after Sevag's murder, an eyewitness soldier had told
him that Kivanc Agaoglu had told Sevag: "Chubby, I will kill you!"
news.am
March 28, 2012 | 13:11
The statement made by Devlet Bahceli, the leader of Turkey's
Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), according to which solely Muslims
can be considered martyrs in Turkey, infuriated the parents of Sevag
Balikci-the Istanbul Armenian who was killed, on April 24, 2011,
in a military unit while serving in the Turkish army.
In an interview with the Radikal daily, Sevag's mother noted in anger
that her son was killed while carrying out his duty before the country
and that he will be considered a martyr. The mother stressed that two
months ago they were asked to submit documents in order to recognize
Sevag a martyr and to allocate a pension to his family.
"We sent all required documents, but have not yet received an answer.
They are probably waiting for the end of the judicial process,"
Sevag's mother said.
To note, Sevag Balikci was killed by Kivanc Agaoglu, but the Turkish
gendarmerie had stated that the death had occurred accidentally while
the soldiers were joking around. Agaoglu was released at the very first
court hearing, and on the grounds that he had no reason to escape.
The Turkish Military Prosecutor's Office demands a mere nine-year
sentence for Agaoglu, and on charges of "murder as a result of
negligence." But at Diyarbakir Military Court, a senior officer had
stated that, after Sevag's murder, an eyewitness soldier had told
him that Kivanc Agaoglu had told Sevag: "Chubby, I will kill you!"