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LAWYER INVOLVED IN JOURNALIST MURDER CASE FOUND DEAD
BIAnet.org
http://www.bianet.org/english/freedom-of-expression/122555-lawyer-involved-in-journalist-murder-case-found-dead
June 7 2010
Turkey
Joint attorney of the family of killed Turkish-Armenian journalist
Hrant Dink, Hakan Karadag, was found dead at his home. Lawyer
Bakırcıoglu said that Karadag was found at 3.00 am on 4 June.
Erol ONDEROÄ~^LU [email protected] Istanbul - BÄ°A News Center07
June 2010, Monday Joint attorney of the Dink family, Hakan Karadag,
was found dead in the night of 4 June at his appartment in Cihangir
on the European side of Istanbul. The 40-year-old lawyer was one of
the attorneys concerned with the murder case of Hrant Dink, founder
and chief editor of the Armenian Agos newspaper, who was killed in
January 2007.
Another joint attorney of the Dink family, Hakan Bakırcıoglu,
announced that Karadag was already dead when he had been found by
a close friend at his home on 4 June. "We can be sure what happened
only after the autopsy report. A friend of Hakan found him that way
at around 3.00 am at night".
A funeral service for Karadag was organized on Friday afternoon (4
June) starting from the Istanbul Bar Association. Karadag's body
was then brought to Adana (eastern Mediterranean coast) where he
was buried.
Karada was a board member of the Istanbul branch of the Contemporary
Lawyers Association (CHD).
The CHD said in a written statement, "His mournful death leaves a great
pain in our hearts. He never refrained from the struggle for law,
rights and justice. At last, we exclaimed together with him 'Long
live a free Palestine, stop the occupation and the blockade'. Our
companion, we will never forget you..."
Karadag had been threatened by Ogun Samast, prime murder suspect of
the Dink case, saying "If you come to prison...". Then, Samast took
a note on a piece of paper and stored it in his pocket. The judge
took the paper from Samast and confirmed that Karadag's name had been
written on it. (EU/VK)
From: A. Papazian
BIAnet.org
http://www.bianet.org/english/freedom-of-expression/122555-lawyer-involved-in-journalist-murder-case-found-dead
June 7 2010
Turkey
Joint attorney of the family of killed Turkish-Armenian journalist
Hrant Dink, Hakan Karadag, was found dead at his home. Lawyer
Bakırcıoglu said that Karadag was found at 3.00 am on 4 June.
Erol ONDEROÄ~^LU [email protected] Istanbul - BÄ°A News Center07
June 2010, Monday Joint attorney of the Dink family, Hakan Karadag,
was found dead in the night of 4 June at his appartment in Cihangir
on the European side of Istanbul. The 40-year-old lawyer was one of
the attorneys concerned with the murder case of Hrant Dink, founder
and chief editor of the Armenian Agos newspaper, who was killed in
January 2007.
Another joint attorney of the Dink family, Hakan Bakırcıoglu,
announced that Karadag was already dead when he had been found by
a close friend at his home on 4 June. "We can be sure what happened
only after the autopsy report. A friend of Hakan found him that way
at around 3.00 am at night".
A funeral service for Karadag was organized on Friday afternoon (4
June) starting from the Istanbul Bar Association. Karadag's body
was then brought to Adana (eastern Mediterranean coast) where he
was buried.
Karada was a board member of the Istanbul branch of the Contemporary
Lawyers Association (CHD).
The CHD said in a written statement, "His mournful death leaves a great
pain in our hearts. He never refrained from the struggle for law,
rights and justice. At last, we exclaimed together with him 'Long
live a free Palestine, stop the occupation and the blockade'. Our
companion, we will never forget you..."
Karadag had been threatened by Ogun Samast, prime murder suspect of
the Dink case, saying "If you come to prison...". Then, Samast took
a note on a piece of paper and stored it in his pocket. The judge
took the paper from Samast and confirmed that Karadag's name had been
written on it. (EU/VK)
From: A. Papazian