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  • ISTANBUL: Two suspects in Hrant Dink murder case detained in Trabzon

    Hurriyet Daily News, Turkey
    Jan 7 2014

    Two suspects in Hrant Dink murder case detained in Trabzon

    ISTANBUL


    A group of activists gathered in front of the Istanbul Courthouse
    ahead of the hearing asking justice to be served, Jan. 7. AA photo

    Gendarmerie forces have detained two suspects whose arrests were
    demanded by an Istanbul court in the case into the murder of
    Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink, CNNTürk has reported.

    Zeynel Abidin Yavuz, who was said to be the first person chosen as
    part of the conspiracy to murder Dink, was detained by gendarmerie
    forces in the Black Sea province of Trabzon's Pelitli neighborhood on
    Jan. 7 and sent to the courthouse.

    Osman Hayal, the brother of Yasin Hayal, who was charged with being
    the instigator of the assassination, was also captured in Trabzon a
    few hours later.

    Dink, the renowned editor-in-chief of Agos, was shot dead by Ogün
    Samast in front of his office in Istanbul on Jan. 19, 2007. Samast was
    subsequently sentenced to over 22 years in jail for the murder.

    The trial into his murder resumed on Sept. 17, 2013, with 18 suspects
    being retried after the Supreme Court of Appeals ruled that all
    suspects in the case had acted as part of a criminal organization,
    instead of individually.

    A group of activists called the `Friends of Dink' gathered in front of
    the courthouse and chanted slogans ahead of the hearing.

    Popular novelist Ahmet Ümit, speaking on behalf of the group, said
    their demand to try the public servants who allegedly bear
    responsibility for Dink's murder had yet to be heeded.

    `Instead, these same public officials have been promoted,' Ümit said.

    January/07/2014

    http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/two-suspects-in-hrant-dink-murder-case-detained-in-trabzon.aspx?pageID=238&nID=60683&NewsCatID=341

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