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World Bulletin, Turkey
Jan 7 2014
Dink murder court orders detention of absentees
The case on the murder of Turkish-Armenian Hrant Dink was reopened to
retry 18 defendants.
World Bulletin / News Desk
A court case that was reopened to retry 18 defendants in the murder of
Hrant Dink, Agos Newspaper's editor-in-chief continued on Tuesday. The
judges decided to arrest two of the accused, Osman Hayal and Zeynel
Abidin Yavuz, when they failed to appear before the court.
The lawyer of the accused Erhan Tuncel, Erdogan Soruklu, asked the
court not to keep his defendant under detention, but all demands for
lifting defendants' detentions were rejected by judges. They also
ordered the detention of Hayal and Yavuz before closing the hearings
for the session on Tuesday.
Yavuz was detained shortly after by Trabzon gendarmerie forces, but
searches for Hayal continued on Tuesday afternoon.
Turkish - Armenian journalist Hrant Dink was murdered in January 2007
by Ogun Samast, who claimed that Dink insulted "Turkishness".
Dink was considered as one of Turkey's most prominent Armenian voices.
http://www.worldbulletin.net/?aType=haber&ArticleID=126438
Jan 7 2014
Dink murder court orders detention of absentees
The case on the murder of Turkish-Armenian Hrant Dink was reopened to
retry 18 defendants.
World Bulletin / News Desk
A court case that was reopened to retry 18 defendants in the murder of
Hrant Dink, Agos Newspaper's editor-in-chief continued on Tuesday. The
judges decided to arrest two of the accused, Osman Hayal and Zeynel
Abidin Yavuz, when they failed to appear before the court.
The lawyer of the accused Erhan Tuncel, Erdogan Soruklu, asked the
court not to keep his defendant under detention, but all demands for
lifting defendants' detentions were rejected by judges. They also
ordered the detention of Hayal and Yavuz before closing the hearings
for the session on Tuesday.
Yavuz was detained shortly after by Trabzon gendarmerie forces, but
searches for Hayal continued on Tuesday afternoon.
Turkish - Armenian journalist Hrant Dink was murdered in January 2007
by Ogun Samast, who claimed that Dink insulted "Turkishness".
Dink was considered as one of Turkey's most prominent Armenian voices.
http://www.worldbulletin.net/?aType=haber&ArticleID=126438