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STREET TO BE NAMED AFTER SLAIN JOURNALIST DINK
MALATYA - Anatolia News Agency
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/street-to-be-named-after-slain-journalist-dink.aspx?pageID=238&nID=40540&NewsCatID=339
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The name of assassinated Turkish journalist of Armenian origin Hrant
Dink will be given to the street of his childhood home in the eastern
city of Malatya.
Around 2,400 streets in Malatya are currently undergoing name changes,
with Dink's childhood street in the CavuĊ~_oglu neighborhood being
one of them.
Dink was murdered in broad daylight by 17-year-old Turkish nationalist
Ogun Samast on Jan. 19, 2007, in front of the office building of
daily newspaper Agos. After a two year trial, Samast was convicted of
premeditated murder and sentenced to 22 years and 10 months of prison.
However, to the dismay of Dink's family and supporters the court also
ruled that the murder was not an "organized" crime, despite serious
claims that a number of civil servants linked to the "deep state" were
"indirectly" involved. This court decision was recently challenged
in an appeal, with the prosecutor's office of the Supreme Court of
Appeals requesting that the top court overturn the ruling in the case
on Jan. 10, arguing that there were enough elements to conclude that
the assassination was indeed organized.
February/05/2013
MALATYA - Anatolia News Agency
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/street-to-be-named-after-slain-journalist-dink.aspx?pageID=238&nID=40540&NewsCatID=339
Hurriyet photo
The name of assassinated Turkish journalist of Armenian origin Hrant
Dink will be given to the street of his childhood home in the eastern
city of Malatya.
Around 2,400 streets in Malatya are currently undergoing name changes,
with Dink's childhood street in the CavuĊ~_oglu neighborhood being
one of them.
Dink was murdered in broad daylight by 17-year-old Turkish nationalist
Ogun Samast on Jan. 19, 2007, in front of the office building of
daily newspaper Agos. After a two year trial, Samast was convicted of
premeditated murder and sentenced to 22 years and 10 months of prison.
However, to the dismay of Dink's family and supporters the court also
ruled that the murder was not an "organized" crime, despite serious
claims that a number of civil servants linked to the "deep state" were
"indirectly" involved. This court decision was recently challenged
in an appeal, with the prosecutor's office of the Supreme Court of
Appeals requesting that the top court overturn the ruling in the case
on Jan. 10, arguing that there were enough elements to conclude that
the assassination was indeed organized.
February/05/2013