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    ISTANBUL COURT POSTPONES NEW TRIAL ON DINK'S CASE

    Noyan Tapan
    Armenians Today
    May 18 2006

    ISTANBUL, MAY 18, NOYAN TAPAN - ARMENIANS TODAY. The Istanbul court
    started on May 16 the new trial on "Akos" newspaper editor Hrant Dink's
    case. As the "Turkish Daily News" informs, when Dink was to enter
    the court hall, "traitor" statements were made from the hall. When a
    brawl started among Dink's supporters and those calling him "traitor"
    and giving other qualifications, the judge decided to postpone the
    trail. Hrant Dink is accused of making attempts to influence on the
    judicial power as his newspaper published articles in which the law
    considering "insulting Turkishness" as a crime is critized. To recap,
    Dink was sentenced to 6-months imprisonement by the Istanbul Shishlu
    court for "insulting Turkishness" as in one of his articles he called
    on the Armenian people in Armenia and Diaspora not to poison its
    blood by enmity towards Turks. The Court of Cassations of Ankara
    re-affirmed recently the punishment defined for Dink and announced
    invalid the decision on postponing the punishment.
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