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Today's Zaman, Turkey
Feb 1 2007
Seventh suspect charged in murder of Hrant Dink
Prosecutors on Wednesday charged a seventh suspect with alleged
involvement in the slaying of Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink.
A prosecutor's office said Salih Hacýsalihoðlu was charged for his
alleged involvement in the killing, without specifying the exact
charges. The 30-year-old was detained in the Black Sea city of
Trabzon earlier this week.
Salihoðlu was a university roommate of a key suspect in the murder,
Erhan Tuncel, news reports said. Reacting to the arrest, his father
said he did not believe his son had anything to do with the killing.
Dink was gunned down outside his newspaper Jan. 19 in a killing that
shocked the nation and raised concerns that Turkey, which aspires to
achieve EU membership, remains a country where intellectuals are not
free to openly express their ideas.
Last week, prosecutors charged six other people, including alleged
teenage gunman Ogün Samast and Yasin Hayal, a nationalist militant.
The latter served time in prison for a 2004 bombing and police say he
confessed to inciting the killing and to providing the gun and money.
Feb 1 2007
Seventh suspect charged in murder of Hrant Dink
Prosecutors on Wednesday charged a seventh suspect with alleged
involvement in the slaying of Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink.
A prosecutor's office said Salih Hacýsalihoðlu was charged for his
alleged involvement in the killing, without specifying the exact
charges. The 30-year-old was detained in the Black Sea city of
Trabzon earlier this week.
Salihoðlu was a university roommate of a key suspect in the murder,
Erhan Tuncel, news reports said. Reacting to the arrest, his father
said he did not believe his son had anything to do with the killing.
Dink was gunned down outside his newspaper Jan. 19 in a killing that
shocked the nation and raised concerns that Turkey, which aspires to
achieve EU membership, remains a country where intellectuals are not
free to openly express their ideas.
Last week, prosecutors charged six other people, including alleged
teenage gunman Ogün Samast and Yasin Hayal, a nationalist militant.
The latter served time in prison for a 2004 bombing and police say he
confessed to inciting the killing and to providing the gun and money.