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EuroNews, France
Jan 19 2014
Murdered journalist Hrant Dink remembered in Istanbul march
19/01 18:30 CET
Murdered Armenian journalist Hrant Dink has been remembered with a
march through Istanbul on the seventh anniversary of his death.
The renowned former editor-in-chief of Agos newspaper was shot dead in
broad daylight outside his work premises.
Extreme nationalist teenager, Ogün Samast was convicted of
pre-meditated murder and sentenced to 22 years and 10 months in prison
for carrying out the assassination.
But many people - including those on the march - believe higher powers
masterminded the plan against a man who openly rejected Turkey's
denial of the 1915 Armenian Genocide.
`Government agencies, both covert and public, are involved in Hrant
Dink's murder,' said one man on the march. `They're now in a power
struggle. But the case is not really moving forward. They're trying to
cover the truth up. They shot him together, they killed him together,
they protected others together and now they're covering it up
together. Therefore, they're all guilty.'
The acquittal of top suspects in the original trial has since been
overturned by the Supreme Court of Appeals.
Some suspects who had previously been cleared of instigating the
murder - such as Yasin Hayal and Erhan Tuncel - are now being retried.
The `Friends of Hrant Dink' organisation set up the march to call for
justice in the unresolved case. It claims that almost all of the civil
servants who were involved in the death of the journalist were
encouraged by the government.
Euronews' correspondent in Istanbul says:
`Hrant Dink was not just remembered on the seventh anniversary of his
murder, but his friends and colleagues also called for justice. They
demanded the trial of not only the man who pulled the trigger, but
those who steered him to pull it.'
http://euronews.com/2014/01/19/murdered-journalist-hrant-dink-remembered-in-istanbul-march/
Jan 19 2014
Murdered journalist Hrant Dink remembered in Istanbul march
19/01 18:30 CET
Murdered Armenian journalist Hrant Dink has been remembered with a
march through Istanbul on the seventh anniversary of his death.
The renowned former editor-in-chief of Agos newspaper was shot dead in
broad daylight outside his work premises.
Extreme nationalist teenager, Ogün Samast was convicted of
pre-meditated murder and sentenced to 22 years and 10 months in prison
for carrying out the assassination.
But many people - including those on the march - believe higher powers
masterminded the plan against a man who openly rejected Turkey's
denial of the 1915 Armenian Genocide.
`Government agencies, both covert and public, are involved in Hrant
Dink's murder,' said one man on the march. `They're now in a power
struggle. But the case is not really moving forward. They're trying to
cover the truth up. They shot him together, they killed him together,
they protected others together and now they're covering it up
together. Therefore, they're all guilty.'
The acquittal of top suspects in the original trial has since been
overturned by the Supreme Court of Appeals.
Some suspects who had previously been cleared of instigating the
murder - such as Yasin Hayal and Erhan Tuncel - are now being retried.
The `Friends of Hrant Dink' organisation set up the march to call for
justice in the unresolved case. It claims that almost all of the civil
servants who were involved in the death of the journalist were
encouraged by the government.
Euronews' correspondent in Istanbul says:
`Hrant Dink was not just remembered on the seventh anniversary of his
murder, but his friends and colleagues also called for justice. They
demanded the trial of not only the man who pulled the trigger, but
those who steered him to pull it.'
http://euronews.com/2014/01/19/murdered-journalist-hrant-dink-remembered-in-istanbul-march/