HRANT DINK TRIAL JUDGE – “I CANNOT DENY THE MURDER WAS WELL-ORGANIZED”

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15:17, January 19, 2012

The presiding judge in the Hrant Dink murder trial has stated that
while he personally cannot deny the murder was well-organized, the
evidence submitted to the court was not sufficient to issue such
a ruling.

Rustem Eryılmaz, of the Istanbul 14th High Criminal Court, spoke
with the Vatan daily on Thursday and responded to criticism of the
court’s Tuesday ruling in the five-year-long Dink murder case.

He said, “According to the evidence, there is no [illegal] organization
[involved in the murder]. But we cannot say there is no organization
involved in the case,” Eyılmaz said, according to a Today Zaman
report.

“We acquitted the suspects of organized crime charges. This ruling
does not mean that there was no organization involved. This means
that there was not enough evidence to prove the actions of this
organization,” the embattled judge said.

Noting that he and other judges of the court also think the Dink
murder was not an ordinary one, he said there certainly is someone
who instigated the murder, but they had no evidence to prove that.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress