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Key witnesses to give new testimonies in Hrant Dink murder probe
http://www.armradio.am/en/2013/04/27/key-witnesses-to-give-new-testimonies-in-hrant-dink-murder-probe/
13:57 27.04.2013
The investigation into the murder of Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant
Dink is set to start again from square one, as the new prosecutor in
the case, Muammer AkkaÅ?, has collected new testimonies and asked for
the re-interrogation of key witnesses, Hurriyet Daily News reports.
AkkaÅ?, who was previously one of the prosecutors in the Ergenekon coup
plot case, has decided to deepen the Dink investigation, DoÄ?an News
Agency reported April 26. Ten new witnesses, including police and
gendarmerie officers, have recently given their testimony, the report
said.
The Prosecutor's Office also analyzed the testimonies of key witnesses
` including those of triggerman Ogün Samast and Yasin Hayal, who was
convicted for being the instigator of the murder ` and found a number
of inconsistencies. Along with Samast and Hayal, Ersin Yolcu and Ahmet
Ä°skender, who were both convicted for complicity in the murder, as
well as Erhan Tuncel, a former suspect acquitted in the trial, were
also asked to give new testimonies.
Following a five year trial, the court had ruled on Jan. 17, 2012,
that it saw no `deep state' role in the plotting of the assassination,
despite serious claims that a number of civil servants were
`indirectly' involved. The ruling was overturned a year later by the
Supreme Court of Appeals, which led to prosecutors restarting their
probe into the murder.
Dink, the renowned chief editor of Agos, was shot in front of his
office in Istanbul on Jan. 19, 2007.
From: A. Papazian
http://www.armradio.am/en/2013/04/27/key-witnesses-to-give-new-testimonies-in-hrant-dink-murder-probe/
13:57 27.04.2013
The investigation into the murder of Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant
Dink is set to start again from square one, as the new prosecutor in
the case, Muammer AkkaÅ?, has collected new testimonies and asked for
the re-interrogation of key witnesses, Hurriyet Daily News reports.
AkkaÅ?, who was previously one of the prosecutors in the Ergenekon coup
plot case, has decided to deepen the Dink investigation, DoÄ?an News
Agency reported April 26. Ten new witnesses, including police and
gendarmerie officers, have recently given their testimony, the report
said.
The Prosecutor's Office also analyzed the testimonies of key witnesses
` including those of triggerman Ogün Samast and Yasin Hayal, who was
convicted for being the instigator of the murder ` and found a number
of inconsistencies. Along with Samast and Hayal, Ersin Yolcu and Ahmet
Ä°skender, who were both convicted for complicity in the murder, as
well as Erhan Tuncel, a former suspect acquitted in the trial, were
also asked to give new testimonies.
Following a five year trial, the court had ruled on Jan. 17, 2012,
that it saw no `deep state' role in the plotting of the assassination,
despite serious claims that a number of civil servants were
`indirectly' involved. The ruling was overturned a year later by the
Supreme Court of Appeals, which led to prosecutors restarting their
probe into the murder.
Dink, the renowned chief editor of Agos, was shot in front of his
office in Istanbul on Jan. 19, 2007.
From: A. Papazian