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TURKISH PROSECUTOR SEEKS LIFE IN BIBLE KILLINGS CASE
ChristianToday, UK
Oct 16 2007
A Turkish prosecutor is seeking extended life sentences for five men
suspected of slitting the throats of three workers at a Christian
publishing house, private broadcaster NTV reported on Monday.
Posted: Tuesday, October 16, 2007, 8:37 (BST)
ISTANBUL - A Turkish prosecutor is seeking extended life sentences
for five men suspected of slitting the throats of three workers at a
Christian publishing house, private broadcaster NTV reported on Monday.
The killings of the three men, including one German national, in
April this year shocked Turkey and caused worry in the European Union,
coming just months after Armenian-Turkish editor Hrant Dink was shot
dead and following the murder of an Italian Catholic priest last year.
The prosecutor sought three life sentences for each of the men accused
of entering the Bible publishing house in the southeastern city of
Malatya and binding their victims' hands and feet before slitting
their throats, NTV said.
The prosecutor's office was not immediately available for comment.
Missionaries and converted Turks continue to be viewed with suspicion
in predominantly Muslim Turkey, and the Christian community, numbering
about 100,000, has often complained that the government does not do
enough to counter mistrust.
The EU, which Turkey wants to join, has repeatedly urged Ankara to
improve minority rights.
ChristianToday, UK
Oct 16 2007
A Turkish prosecutor is seeking extended life sentences for five men
suspected of slitting the throats of three workers at a Christian
publishing house, private broadcaster NTV reported on Monday.
Posted: Tuesday, October 16, 2007, 8:37 (BST)
ISTANBUL - A Turkish prosecutor is seeking extended life sentences
for five men suspected of slitting the throats of three workers at a
Christian publishing house, private broadcaster NTV reported on Monday.
The killings of the three men, including one German national, in
April this year shocked Turkey and caused worry in the European Union,
coming just months after Armenian-Turkish editor Hrant Dink was shot
dead and following the murder of an Italian Catholic priest last year.
The prosecutor sought three life sentences for each of the men accused
of entering the Bible publishing house in the southeastern city of
Malatya and binding their victims' hands and feet before slitting
their throats, NTV said.
The prosecutor's office was not immediately available for comment.
Missionaries and converted Turks continue to be viewed with suspicion
in predominantly Muslim Turkey, and the Christian community, numbering
about 100,000, has often complained that the government does not do
enough to counter mistrust.
The EU, which Turkey wants to join, has repeatedly urged Ankara to
improve minority rights.