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HRANT DINK MURDER CASE IN TRABZON REACHES FINAL STAGE
BIAnet.org
http://www.bianet.org/english/minorities/122405-hrant-dink-murder-case-in-trabzon-reaches-final-stage
June 1 2010
Turkey
The Dink family lawyers demanded the punishment of the eight
gendarmerie officers in Trabzon on the grounds of "severe negligence".
The defence lawyers requested additional time for preparing their
defence. The case was postponed to 28 July.
Erol ONDERO繼^LU [email protected] Trabzon - B襤A News Center01
June 2010, Tuesday Eight gendarmerie officers are tried at the 2nd
Magistrate Criminal Court of Trabzon (eastern Black Sea coast) because
of negligence prior to the murder of Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant
Dink. The Dink family lawyers demanded one last time to conduct the
defendants' prosecution within the scope of the murder trial held
in Istanbul.
The eight gendarmerie officers tried in Trabzon are facing prison
sentences of up to two years each. In yesterday's hearing (31 May),
the joint attorneys demanded to prosecute in particular former
Trabzon Gendarmerie Regiment Commander Colonel Ali Oz and Captain
Metin Y覺ld覺z and the remaining six defendants under charges of
"causing death by means of neglect because of deliberately not acting"
according to article 83 of the Turkish Criminal Code (TCK) (Voluntary
manslaughter by means of negligent behaviour).
Defence of Defendants postponed to 28 July The defendants' lawyers
requested additional time in order to prepare their defence. Thereupon,
the court judge postponed the trial to 28 July.
The Trabzon 2nd Magistrate Criminal Court had decided for lack of
jurisdiction of the Trabzon High Criminal Court and subsequently of the
Criminal Court of First Instance. Upon the appeal of the prosecution,
the file came back to the Magistrate Court.
According to the joint attorneys of the Dink family, chances are very
low that the Trabzon court will send the file to a different court
due to another decision for lack of jurisdiction, now that the case
has reached its final stage.
19 January 20007
Despite information obtained one year earlier on a planned attack
against Agos newspaper founder Dink, Ogun Samast came from Pelitli
(Trabzon) to Istanbul and killed Dink in front of his office in
癬^i癬_li on 19 January 2007. The number of detained defendants of
the murder case has gone down to three. Besides Samast, Yasin Hayal
is detained for alleged incitement to the murder as well as police
informant Erhan Tuncel.
Former Trabzon Gendarmerie Regiment Commander Colonel Ali Oz,
intelligence branch officials Captain Metin Y覺ld覺z, military officers
Gazi Gunay and Huseyin Y覺lmaz, Command Sergeant Major Okan 癬^im癬_ek,
Special Sergeants Veysel 癬^ahin, Hac覺 Omer Unal覺r and Onder Araz
are facing prison sentences of up to two years on the grounds of
"negligence". (EO/VK)
From: A. Papazian
BIAnet.org
http://www.bianet.org/english/minorities/122405-hrant-dink-murder-case-in-trabzon-reaches-final-stage
June 1 2010
Turkey
The Dink family lawyers demanded the punishment of the eight
gendarmerie officers in Trabzon on the grounds of "severe negligence".
The defence lawyers requested additional time for preparing their
defence. The case was postponed to 28 July.
Erol ONDERO繼^LU [email protected] Trabzon - B襤A News Center01
June 2010, Tuesday Eight gendarmerie officers are tried at the 2nd
Magistrate Criminal Court of Trabzon (eastern Black Sea coast) because
of negligence prior to the murder of Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant
Dink. The Dink family lawyers demanded one last time to conduct the
defendants' prosecution within the scope of the murder trial held
in Istanbul.
The eight gendarmerie officers tried in Trabzon are facing prison
sentences of up to two years each. In yesterday's hearing (31 May),
the joint attorneys demanded to prosecute in particular former
Trabzon Gendarmerie Regiment Commander Colonel Ali Oz and Captain
Metin Y覺ld覺z and the remaining six defendants under charges of
"causing death by means of neglect because of deliberately not acting"
according to article 83 of the Turkish Criminal Code (TCK) (Voluntary
manslaughter by means of negligent behaviour).
Defence of Defendants postponed to 28 July The defendants' lawyers
requested additional time in order to prepare their defence. Thereupon,
the court judge postponed the trial to 28 July.
The Trabzon 2nd Magistrate Criminal Court had decided for lack of
jurisdiction of the Trabzon High Criminal Court and subsequently of the
Criminal Court of First Instance. Upon the appeal of the prosecution,
the file came back to the Magistrate Court.
According to the joint attorneys of the Dink family, chances are very
low that the Trabzon court will send the file to a different court
due to another decision for lack of jurisdiction, now that the case
has reached its final stage.
19 January 20007
Despite information obtained one year earlier on a planned attack
against Agos newspaper founder Dink, Ogun Samast came from Pelitli
(Trabzon) to Istanbul and killed Dink in front of his office in
癬^i癬_li on 19 January 2007. The number of detained defendants of
the murder case has gone down to three. Besides Samast, Yasin Hayal
is detained for alleged incitement to the murder as well as police
informant Erhan Tuncel.
Former Trabzon Gendarmerie Regiment Commander Colonel Ali Oz,
intelligence branch officials Captain Metin Y覺ld覺z, military officers
Gazi Gunay and Huseyin Y覺lmaz, Command Sergeant Major Okan 癬^im癬_ek,
Special Sergeants Veysel 癬^ahin, Hac覺 Omer Unal覺r and Onder Araz
are facing prison sentences of up to two years on the grounds of
"negligence". (EO/VK)
From: A. Papazian