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    TURKISH COURT ACQUITS SUSPECT OVER DINK MURDER CASE

    armradio.am
    14.02.2012 13:33

    The Istanbul 14th High Criminal Court has acquitted Coskun Igci,
    one of 19 defendants in the murder case of Hrant Dink, the founder
    and former editor-in-chief of the Armenian-Turkish Agos weekly who
    was assassinated in 2007 in front of his office in Istanbul, after
    forgetting to include him in the final verdict in January.

    Igci, who allegedly called on Yasin Hayal to buy a gun with which to
    shoot Dink, was accidentally left out of the final verdict and the
    judge issued a ruling separately for him on Monday.

    On Sept. 19, 2011, the prosecution recommended his acquittal on the
    grounds that there was no substantial evidence to suggest he took
    part in the crime.

    Igci's lawyer said at the court on Monday that his client has no
    ties to the murder except for being the uncle of Hayal, one of the
    main suspects.

    Igci said at the court that he had informed gendarmerie intelligence
    officers in Trabzon that a plan to assassinate Dink was in place four
    months prior to the murder.

    "I am not guilty. The people I reported about were tried in Trabzon and
    they were punished because they neglected their duties. Those people
    are Col. Ali Oz, Capt. Metin Yıldız, non-commissioned officer Orhan
    Å~^imÅ~_ek and Sgt. Veysel Å~^ahin," he said.

    When a judge at the court asked Igci if he had been in contact with
    those four people, Igci replied that he had contacted Simsek and Sahin,
    Turkish media report.


    From: Baghdasarian
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