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May 15 2013
Turkish court sees conspiracy behind Armenian editor's murder
Reuters
11:07 a.m. CDT, May 15, 2013
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - A Turkish appeals court on Wednesday ruled that
the killers of Armenian journalist Hrant Dink did not act alone but
were part of a criminal conspiracy, paving the way for a retrial of
the case that has gripped the nation for years.
Judges in Ankara overturned a lower criminal court's 2012 judgment
that only two people, now serving prison sentences, were behind the
2007 murder, Fethiye Cetin, a lawyer for the Dink family, told
Reuters.
"We have strong evidence that state officials were involved in the
conspiracy, and that evidence is even in the prosecutor's report...
Prosecutors must re-open the case," said Cetin.
Dink was gunned down in broad daylight outside the office of his
newspaper Agos in central Istanbul, unleashing huge street rallies and
public outpourings of grief.
The killing led to suspicions of a deep-rooted conspiracy in a country
that has seen dozens of political murders.
It also prompted criticism from the European Union, which Turkey hopes
to join, on its treatment of minorities. Turkey's population of 76
million is overwhelmingly Muslim.
Dink, 52, was an outspoken critic of government policies towards the
country's 60,000 or so Christian Armenians and its diplomatic standoff
with neighboring Armenia.
(Reporting by Ayla Jean Yackley; Editing by Andrew Heavens)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-rt-us-turkey-armenianbre94e0v4-20130515,0,7112381.story
May 15 2013
Turkish court sees conspiracy behind Armenian editor's murder
Reuters
11:07 a.m. CDT, May 15, 2013
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - A Turkish appeals court on Wednesday ruled that
the killers of Armenian journalist Hrant Dink did not act alone but
were part of a criminal conspiracy, paving the way for a retrial of
the case that has gripped the nation for years.
Judges in Ankara overturned a lower criminal court's 2012 judgment
that only two people, now serving prison sentences, were behind the
2007 murder, Fethiye Cetin, a lawyer for the Dink family, told
Reuters.
"We have strong evidence that state officials were involved in the
conspiracy, and that evidence is even in the prosecutor's report...
Prosecutors must re-open the case," said Cetin.
Dink was gunned down in broad daylight outside the office of his
newspaper Agos in central Istanbul, unleashing huge street rallies and
public outpourings of grief.
The killing led to suspicions of a deep-rooted conspiracy in a country
that has seen dozens of political murders.
It also prompted criticism from the European Union, which Turkey hopes
to join, on its treatment of minorities. Turkey's population of 76
million is overwhelmingly Muslim.
Dink, 52, was an outspoken critic of government policies towards the
country's 60,000 or so Christian Armenians and its diplomatic standoff
with neighboring Armenia.
(Reporting by Ayla Jean Yackley; Editing by Andrew Heavens)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-rt-us-turkey-armenianbre94e0v4-20130515,0,7112381.story