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TURKEY'S COURT AGAIN DOES NOT SENTENCE MURDERER OF ARMENIAN SOLDIER KILLED IN TURKISH ARMY
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February 14, 2012 | 12:54
ISTANBUL. - During the fifth trial into the death of Sevag Balikci-the
Istanbul Armenian who was killed, on April 24, 2011, in a military
unit while serving in the Turkish army-the court again denied the
motion to imprison Kivanc Agaoglu-the soldier who killed Balikci,
and who is charged with murder.
The court judge stated that it is a matter of honor for him that
the trial ends with a fair verdict. He also ordered that Bulent
Kaya-Agaoglu's relative who had instructed the eyewitness soldier Halil
Eksi to give false testimony-be present in the next court hearing,
Haberturk of Turkey informs.
Halil Eksi had claimed that a certain Bulent Kaya, who had presented
himself as the uncle of Kivanc Agaoglu, had contacted him and said
it would be good for him to testify in Kivanc's favor. Bulent then
gave him a paper which Halil signed under. During the hearing on
September 9, 2011, this paper was read, in which it was stated that
he had not seen how the shot was fired, but he was convinced that it
was accidental. And during the hearing on December 27, Eksi confessed
to what had actually transpired.
"Kivanc loaded the rifle, aimed it at Sevag, and fired. But I do not
know why he killed Sevag," the eyewitness ex-soldier said.
To note, Sevag Balikci was killed by Kivanc Agaoglu, but the Turkish
gendarmerie had stated that the death had occurred accidentally
while the soldiers were joking around. Agaoglu was released at the
very first court hearing, and on the grounds that he had no reason
to escape. The Turkish Military Prosecutor's Office demands a mere
nine-year sentence for Agaoglu, and on charges of "murder as a result
of negligence." But at Diyarbakir Military Court, a senior officer
had stated that, after Sevag's murder, an eyewitness soldier had told
him that Kivanc Agaoglu had told Sevag: "Chubby, I will kill you!" Yet
the other military servicemen at the trial denied these words.
From: A. Papazian
news.am
February 14, 2012 | 12:54
ISTANBUL. - During the fifth trial into the death of Sevag Balikci-the
Istanbul Armenian who was killed, on April 24, 2011, in a military
unit while serving in the Turkish army-the court again denied the
motion to imprison Kivanc Agaoglu-the soldier who killed Balikci,
and who is charged with murder.
The court judge stated that it is a matter of honor for him that
the trial ends with a fair verdict. He also ordered that Bulent
Kaya-Agaoglu's relative who had instructed the eyewitness soldier Halil
Eksi to give false testimony-be present in the next court hearing,
Haberturk of Turkey informs.
Halil Eksi had claimed that a certain Bulent Kaya, who had presented
himself as the uncle of Kivanc Agaoglu, had contacted him and said
it would be good for him to testify in Kivanc's favor. Bulent then
gave him a paper which Halil signed under. During the hearing on
September 9, 2011, this paper was read, in which it was stated that
he had not seen how the shot was fired, but he was convinced that it
was accidental. And during the hearing on December 27, Eksi confessed
to what had actually transpired.
"Kivanc loaded the rifle, aimed it at Sevag, and fired. But I do not
know why he killed Sevag," the eyewitness ex-soldier said.
To note, Sevag Balikci was killed by Kivanc Agaoglu, but the Turkish
gendarmerie had stated that the death had occurred accidentally
while the soldiers were joking around. Agaoglu was released at the
very first court hearing, and on the grounds that he had no reason
to escape. The Turkish Military Prosecutor's Office demands a mere
nine-year sentence for Agaoglu, and on charges of "murder as a result
of negligence." But at Diyarbakir Military Court, a senior officer
had stated that, after Sevag's murder, an eyewitness soldier had told
him that Kivanc Agaoglu had told Sevag: "Chubby, I will kill you!" Yet
the other military servicemen at the trial denied these words.
From: A. Papazian