content tagged with Dink murder trial

Hrant’s Friends: For Hrant, For Justice

Hrant’s Friends: For Hrant, For Justice

Hrant’s Friends are in front of Çağlayan Courthouse ahead of 20th hearing of Dink trial.

12 March 2018 Elif Akgül

"Samast's Conviction is not Enough"

"FRIENDS OF HRANT"

"Samast's Conviction is not Enough"

The Friends of Hrant Group gathered before the 19th hearing of the Hrant Dink murder trial in Istanbul on 29 July. The group emphasized that justice has not been delivered yet with the conviction of Ogün Samast.

29 July 2011 Nilay Vardar

Dink Trial Court Took Eight Hearings to Stop Racist Lawyer

Dink family lawyer Tuna evaluated the investigation of defence lawyer Turgut as positive but a step taken far too late. She is not optimistic about the trial.

28 January 2009 Bawer Çakır

Three Dink Murder Defendants Released from Jail

Three Dink Murder Defendants Released from Jail

In the eighth hearing of the Hrant Dink murder on 26 January, defendants Tuncel and Hayal fought. Links with the Ergenekon organisation will be investigated, the judges dediced.

27 January 2009

Colonel Öz And Five Gendarme Officials On Trial For Neglect In Dink’s Murder

Colonel Öz And Five Gendarme Officials On Trial For Neglect In Dink’s Murder

After countless obstacles, Trabzon’s Chief Prosecutor’s Office submitted the indictment for the six gendarme officials who are accused of neglect in the murder of Hrant Dink.

29 December 2008

Two More Gendarmerie Under Investigation In Dink’s Murder

Two More Gendarmerie Under Investigation In Dink’s Murder

The court denies Ünalır and Yılmaz’s objection and rules for their investigation. Thus, the number of the gendarmerie officers under investigation for neglect in Dİnk’s murder has become eight.

11 November 2008 Erol Önderoğlu

Hrant Dink’s Newspaper Agos Still Receives Racist Threats

Hrant Dink’s Newspaper Agos Still Receives Racist Threats

Agos lawyer Deniz Tuna complains that the courts have still not completed the investigations regarding the 19 racist threats the newspaper has received and they do not take into consideration the racist nature of these threats.

10 November 2008 Erol Önderoğlu

Osman Hayal Becomes A Suspect In Dink's Murder Case

Osman Hayal Becomes A Suspect In Dink's Murder Case

Osman Hayal, Yasin Hayal’s brother, will be tried for the charges of “participating in a murder” and “being a member in a terrorist organization”. Yasin Hayal is on trial as the instigator of Hrant Dink’s murder.

27 October 2008 Erol Önderoğlu

Gendarmerie Neglect In Dink’s Murder Is Not A High Criminal Matter Says The Court

Gendarmerie Neglect In Dink’s Murder Is Not A High Criminal Matter Says The Court

The court did not allow for the trial of the two gendarmerie officials in Dink’s murder to be transferred to the High Criminal Court. The two are charged with neglect in Dink’s murder.

21 October 2008 Erol Önderoğlu

“Ergenekon And Dink’s Murder Case Must Be Combined”

Ergin Cinmen, one of the lawyers of the Dink family in Hrant Dink’s murder case, demands that the prosecutors deepen the investigation of Hrant Dink’s murder using the finds in the Ergenekon case.

6 August 2008 Erol Önderoğlu

Istanbul Police Chief Cerrah: The Untouchable Of Hrant Dink Murder Case

Istanbul Police Chief Cerrah: The Untouchable Of Hrant Dink Murder Case

Istanbul Regional Administrative Court decided there was no need to investigate Chief of Istanbul Police Department Celalettin Cerrah and his subordinates for their role in Hrant Dink’s role.

22 July 2008 Erol Önderoğlu

Hrant’s Friends Cry Justice From Beşiktaş Square

Hrant’s Friends were at same spot as before yesterday morning to show determination and hope that in spite of all the obstacles the justice may come forward in Hrant Dink’s murder case.

8 July 2008 Ceyda Ulukaya

Court Refuses To Combine The Trabzon Gendarmerie Case With Dink’s Murder

Court Refuses To Combine The Trabzon Gendarmerie Case With Dink’s Murder

The court heard the testimonies of İğci, Tuncel and Samast, but in spite of all the indications, it refused to see any connection with the Gendarmerie trial in Trabzon. The accused did not seem to take the trial seriously, making fun of the questions.

8 July 2008 Erol Önderoğlu

Finally O.S. Is Eighteen, Dink’s Trial Will Be Open To The Media

Since the accused O.S. in Dink’s murder trial will be eighteen in the next hearing, the trial will be open to the media.

Another Officer Admits They Knew Dink Would Be Murdered

After petty officers Şimşek and Şahin, who are on trial for negligence in Dink’s murder, and Aslan and Erdoğan, whose statements were taken as witnesses, Captain Yıldız also says that Colonel Öz knew about Dink’s murder.

13 June 2008 Erol Önderoğlu

New Camera Images Show O.S. Was Not Alone When He Murdered Dink

New Camera Images Show O.S. Was Not Alone When He Murdered Dink

New camera images show two other people at the murder scene, suspected to be lookouts. Although one and a half years passed, their identities have still not been determined yet.

Suspect Regrets He Killed Hrant Dink

Hrant Dink Murder Trial

Suspect Regrets He Killed Hrant Dink

"I wouldn't have killed him if I knew he had a family" regretted O.S. the suspect for killing journalist Dink. Three of the eight detained suspects were questioned by the defense lawyers. The defendants told conflicting stories.

1 October 2007 Erol Önderoğlu,A. Nilüfer Zengin Kürkçü

Hrant Dink murder trial

Rights Activists Will Monitor Dink Trial

Even if applications to become third-party plaintiffs have been mostly unsuccessful, rights organisations are determined to witness the murder trial.

1 October 2007 Erol Önderoğlu

Shocking Police Recording in Dink Case

Shocking Police Recording in Dink Case

Erhan Tuncel, police informant and suspected of incitement to murder, was called by intelligence officer Muhittin Zenit very shortly after the murder.

1 October 2007 Murat Utku