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TURKISH COURT RULES ARMENIAN SOLDIER'S DEATH AN ACCIDENT
http://asbarez.com/109021/turkish-court-rules-armenian-soldiers-death-an-accident/
Tuesday, March 26th, 2013
Sevag Sahin Balikci
ISTANBUL--A Turkish court on Tuesday ruled the 2011 shooting death
of Turkish-Armenian soldier Sevag Sahin Balikci as an accident,
reported Today's Zaman.
The court sentenced the accused shooter Kıvanc Agaoglu to a four-year
prison term.
Balıkcı's family and lawyers contend that Balikci death had racial
motives..
Earlier this month, a military prosecutor asked for a two-and-a-half
year sentence for Agaoglu. In Tuesday's decision the judge ruled for
a lengthier four years and five months of prison time for Agaoglu. He
will serve three years of that sentence, since the judge ruled that
his time awaiting trial would be included in the overall sentence.
Balikci was killed on April 24, 2011 while stationed in Batman
Province. Members of his unit who witnessed the shooting said it
was accidental.
However, earlier reports on the trial indicated that the suspect's
family had pressured witnesses to provide false testimony to cover
up any notion of a racially motivated crime.
http://asbarez.com/109021/turkish-court-rules-armenian-soldiers-death-an-accident/
Tuesday, March 26th, 2013
Sevag Sahin Balikci
ISTANBUL--A Turkish court on Tuesday ruled the 2011 shooting death
of Turkish-Armenian soldier Sevag Sahin Balikci as an accident,
reported Today's Zaman.
The court sentenced the accused shooter Kıvanc Agaoglu to a four-year
prison term.
Balıkcı's family and lawyers contend that Balikci death had racial
motives..
Earlier this month, a military prosecutor asked for a two-and-a-half
year sentence for Agaoglu. In Tuesday's decision the judge ruled for
a lengthier four years and five months of prison time for Agaoglu. He
will serve three years of that sentence, since the judge ruled that
his time awaiting trial would be included in the overall sentence.
Balikci was killed on April 24, 2011 while stationed in Batman
Province. Members of his unit who witnessed the shooting said it
was accidental.
However, earlier reports on the trial indicated that the suspect's
family had pressured witnesses to provide false testimony to cover
up any notion of a racially motivated crime.