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In a letter written to court, triggerman suspect of the Dink murder, Ogün Samast, stated, "I am not guilty. Guilty are the headlines that showed Dink as a traitor". Dink family lawyer Belen commented, "Samast talked with the voice of the ones who instigated him to this murder".

2 eye-witnesses testified in the murder case of Ahmet Yılıdız. The victim's father, on trial as a defendant, is still fugitive. The judge did not accept representatives of 2 NGOs to the public hearing. Lawyer Söyle said, "The court's attitude regarding the arrest of the defendant does not give any hope".