KEY SUSPECT OF HRANT DINK MURDER CASE ARRESTED
18.06.13
A key suspect in the investigation into the murder of the
Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink was arrested today in the
Black Sea province of Trabzon, with the trial due the restart from
scratch in September following a Supreme Court ruling, The Hurriyet
Daily News reports.
Ersin Yolcu’s arrest was carried out after the Supreme Court reversed
the judgment on his release from jail. Yolcu is now again being held
in Trabzon’s Bahcecik prison, pending the second trial.
Yolcu had been sentenced to 12 years and six month in prison, but
was released in 2010 after the court ruled that there was not enough
evidence proving that he was a “member of a terrorist organization.”
He was together with another key suspect, Ahmet Ä°skender.
Dink, the renowned editor-in-chief of Agos, was shot in front of his
office in Istanbul on Jan. 19, 2007. The triggerman, Ogun Samast,
17-years-old at the time of the murder, and Yasin Hayal, who was
charged of being the instigator of the assassination, were convicted
of the murder.
However, following the five year trial, the court ruled on Jan. 17,
2012 that it saw no “deep state” role in the plotting of the
assassination, despite serious claims that a number of civil servants
were “indirectly” involved and documents indicating this.
The ruling was overturned a year later by the Supreme Court of
Appeals, which led to prosecutors restarting their investigation into
the murder.
Armenian News – Tert.am
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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