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COURT RULES DEATH OF TURKISH ARMENIAN PRIVATE AN ACCIDENT
Today's Zaman, Turkey
March 26 2013
A court ruled on Tuesday that the 2011 death of a Turkish private
of Armenian descent, Sevag 癬^ahin Bal覺kc覺, was an accident and
sentenced the man who shot him to four years and five months of
imprisonment.
Earlier this month, a military prosecutor demanded up to two
years, six months' imprisonment for K覺vanc Agaoglu, accused of
accidentally shooting Bal覺kc覺 during their military service as
privates. Bal覺kc覺's family and lawyers believed the young man being
an ethnic Armenian might have been the motive for the fatal shooting.
In Tuesday's decision the judge ruled for a lengthier four years
and five months of prison time for Agaoglu. But considering the time
served awaiting trial, he will only be staying in prison for three
additional years.
Pvt. Bal覺kc覺 was killed on April 24, 2011, the date the Armenian
diaspora has chosen to commemorate the incidents of 1915, when
hundreds of thousands of Armenians were killed in the Ottoman Empire
during World War I. Officers and other privates in Bal覺kc覺's unit,
which was stationed in Batman province, testified that he was shot
accidentally while "joking around" with a close friend, Agaoglu. The
two were serving at the Kozluk Gumu癬_g繹ru Gendarmerie Station at
the time of the incident.
http://www.todayszaman.com/news-310846-court-rules-death-of-turkish-armenian-private-an-accident.html
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
Today's Zaman, Turkey
March 26 2013
A court ruled on Tuesday that the 2011 death of a Turkish private
of Armenian descent, Sevag 癬^ahin Bal覺kc覺, was an accident and
sentenced the man who shot him to four years and five months of
imprisonment.
Earlier this month, a military prosecutor demanded up to two
years, six months' imprisonment for K覺vanc Agaoglu, accused of
accidentally shooting Bal覺kc覺 during their military service as
privates. Bal覺kc覺's family and lawyers believed the young man being
an ethnic Armenian might have been the motive for the fatal shooting.
In Tuesday's decision the judge ruled for a lengthier four years
and five months of prison time for Agaoglu. But considering the time
served awaiting trial, he will only be staying in prison for three
additional years.
Pvt. Bal覺kc覺 was killed on April 24, 2011, the date the Armenian
diaspora has chosen to commemorate the incidents of 1915, when
hundreds of thousands of Armenians were killed in the Ottoman Empire
during World War I. Officers and other privates in Bal覺kc覺's unit,
which was stationed in Batman province, testified that he was shot
accidentally while "joking around" with a close friend, Agaoglu. The
two were serving at the Kozluk Gumu癬_g繹ru Gendarmerie Station at
the time of the incident.
http://www.todayszaman.com/news-310846-court-rules-death-of-turkish-armenian-private-an-accident.html
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress