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RENEWED TRIAL ON THE MURDER OF TURKISH-ARMENIAN JOURNALIST ADJOURNED
Daily Sabah, Turkey
July 18 2014
Daily Sabah
Published : 18.07.2014 00:57:42
ISTANBUL - The trial of defendants for the murder of Hrant Dink, a
Turkish-Armenian journalist assassinated in 2007, resumed yesterday
at an Istanbul court after the case was transferred to a new court
following legal amendments and after a verdict by a higher court
ordering a retrial.
Eighteen suspects stand trial for the murder but none of them attended
yesterday's hearing while lawyers for Dink's family attended the
hearing.
Lawyers argued for a separate trial for Ahmet Ä°skender, the sole
suspect who remains at large, claiming his absence was dragging the
case but the court rejected it and adjourned the trial to Oct. 30.
Judges ruled Ä°skender's case would be separated if he cannot be
captured until the next hearing.
Ahmet Ä°skender is accused of masterminding the murder with the
other defendants.
A group of activists calling themselves "Friends of Hrant" made
a press statement outside the courthouse on the sidelines of the
hearing. Speaking on behalf of the group, film director Onur Unlu
said they expected all public officials responsible for the murder
to be tried and punished. "The state should be held accountable for
this murder. Only then, its condolence to the Dink family would be
meaningful. We will continue our fight to reveal those behind the
murder. The trial will not be over for us until then," he said.
A new investigation into the murder showed previous prosecutors who
worked on the case ignored serious allegations into the involvement
of top police officers in the murder. Those prosecutors are accused
of having ties with the controversial Gulen Movement, whose widespread
infiltration of the judiciary and police enabled them to influence the
cases or fabricate them for their own interests. A new investigation
into the murder revealed that a large amount of evidence and many
allegations were dismissed by the prosecutors who once handled the
case. Those included the dismissal of allegations about Ramazan
Akyurek and Ali Fuat Yılmazer, two top police chiefs loyal to the
Gulen Movement who were accused of helping the murder suspects.
http://www.dailysabah.com/nation/2014/07/18/renewed-trial-on-the-murder-of-turkisharmenian-journalist-adjourned
From: Baghdasarian
Daily Sabah, Turkey
July 18 2014
Daily Sabah
Published : 18.07.2014 00:57:42
ISTANBUL - The trial of defendants for the murder of Hrant Dink, a
Turkish-Armenian journalist assassinated in 2007, resumed yesterday
at an Istanbul court after the case was transferred to a new court
following legal amendments and after a verdict by a higher court
ordering a retrial.
Eighteen suspects stand trial for the murder but none of them attended
yesterday's hearing while lawyers for Dink's family attended the
hearing.
Lawyers argued for a separate trial for Ahmet Ä°skender, the sole
suspect who remains at large, claiming his absence was dragging the
case but the court rejected it and adjourned the trial to Oct. 30.
Judges ruled Ä°skender's case would be separated if he cannot be
captured until the next hearing.
Ahmet Ä°skender is accused of masterminding the murder with the
other defendants.
A group of activists calling themselves "Friends of Hrant" made
a press statement outside the courthouse on the sidelines of the
hearing. Speaking on behalf of the group, film director Onur Unlu
said they expected all public officials responsible for the murder
to be tried and punished. "The state should be held accountable for
this murder. Only then, its condolence to the Dink family would be
meaningful. We will continue our fight to reveal those behind the
murder. The trial will not be over for us until then," he said.
A new investigation into the murder showed previous prosecutors who
worked on the case ignored serious allegations into the involvement
of top police officers in the murder. Those prosecutors are accused
of having ties with the controversial Gulen Movement, whose widespread
infiltration of the judiciary and police enabled them to influence the
cases or fabricate them for their own interests. A new investigation
into the murder revealed that a large amount of evidence and many
allegations were dismissed by the prosecutors who once handled the
case. Those included the dismissal of allegations about Ramazan
Akyurek and Ali Fuat Yılmazer, two top police chiefs loyal to the
Gulen Movement who were accused of helping the murder suspects.
http://www.dailysabah.com/nation/2014/07/18/renewed-trial-on-the-murder-of-turkisharmenian-journalist-adjourned
From: Baghdasarian