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Hurriyet, Turkey
June 9 2012
Armenian-Turkish journalist Dink's verdict goes to Court of Appeals
ISTANBUL - Anatolia News Agency
Armenian- Turkish journalist Hrant Dink was murdered in 2007 in
Istanbul. Hürriyet photo
The court verdict in the case of the murder of Hrant Dink was sent to
the Supreme Court of Appeals yesterday.
The triggerman, Ogün Samast, was sentenced to 22 years in prison last
year for the murder of Dink, a Turkish journalist of Armenian origin.
The instigator, Yasin Hayal, was sentenced on Jan. 17 to aggravated
life imprisonment, while former police informant and suspect Erhan
Tuncel was released, prompting widespread anger.
In its ruling, the court argued that there was not enough evidence
indicating the existence of an organization behind the crime, despite
lingering doubts.
Prosecutor's ruling
A prosecutor then appealed the ruling in the trial on March 30,
arguing that the crime was an organized hit.`The suspects acted as a
cell in Trabzon with the same aims as the Ergenekon crime gang,' the
prosecutor said in his 30 page appeal against the January court
ruling, adding that the suspects should be punished for committing an
organized act of crime.
`If the court accepts the existence of an organization behind the
crime but lacks the evidence, it should have asked the prosecutor's
office for further investigation into the issue,' the prosecutor said
in his appeal. The higher court of appeals is now going to decide how
to proceed with the court's verdict.
Dink was the chief editor for weekly Agos, a newspaper published in
Turkish and Armenian. He was shot dead in front of his office on Jan.
19, 2007 in Istanbul.
June/07/2012
June 9 2012
Armenian-Turkish journalist Dink's verdict goes to Court of Appeals
ISTANBUL - Anatolia News Agency
Armenian- Turkish journalist Hrant Dink was murdered in 2007 in
Istanbul. Hürriyet photo
The court verdict in the case of the murder of Hrant Dink was sent to
the Supreme Court of Appeals yesterday.
The triggerman, Ogün Samast, was sentenced to 22 years in prison last
year for the murder of Dink, a Turkish journalist of Armenian origin.
The instigator, Yasin Hayal, was sentenced on Jan. 17 to aggravated
life imprisonment, while former police informant and suspect Erhan
Tuncel was released, prompting widespread anger.
In its ruling, the court argued that there was not enough evidence
indicating the existence of an organization behind the crime, despite
lingering doubts.
Prosecutor's ruling
A prosecutor then appealed the ruling in the trial on March 30,
arguing that the crime was an organized hit.`The suspects acted as a
cell in Trabzon with the same aims as the Ergenekon crime gang,' the
prosecutor said in his 30 page appeal against the January court
ruling, adding that the suspects should be punished for committing an
organized act of crime.
`If the court accepts the existence of an organization behind the
crime but lacks the evidence, it should have asked the prosecutor's
office for further investigation into the issue,' the prosecutor said
in his appeal. The higher court of appeals is now going to decide how
to proceed with the court's verdict.
Dink was the chief editor for weekly Agos, a newspaper published in
Turkish and Armenian. He was shot dead in front of his office on Jan.
19, 2007 in Istanbul.
June/07/2012