Hrant Dink murder

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Dink Lawyers Call for Colonel’s Trial in Istanbul

After it has emerged that Trabzon Gendarmerie Commander Colonel Öz ignored intelligence of murder plans, lawyers have called for his prosecution in Istanbul.

31 March 2008 Erol Önderoğlu

Trabzon Gendarmerie Knew of Dink Murder Plans!

The two gendarmerie officers on trial in Trabzon have stated that they had informed their superiors of the planned Dink murder. The superiors are said to have faked documents to hide their previous knowledge.

24 March 2008 Erol Ö

Dink Family Lawyers to Appeal to ECHR

Dink Family Lawyers to Appeal to ECHR

After a court has found the Trabzon police innocent of gross negligence, Dink family lawyers are preparing to appeal to the ECHR. The RSF has called for the prosecution of all those responsible.

11 March 2008 Erol Önderoğlu

Turkey Urgently Needs Peace Journalism!

Turkey Urgently Needs Peace Journalism!

A reaction in the Turkish press to the fire in Ludwigshafen which killed nine Turks shows how great the need for more balanced reporting is. A newspaper accusing Germany of covering up a neo-Nazi attack is perpetrating racism itself.

13 February 2008 Erol Önderoğlu

Dink Trial Still Missing Main Protagonists...

There is continuing reluctance to link the different trials in Trabzon, Samsun and Istanbul concerning the murder of journalist Hrant Dink. Senior police and gendarmerie officers are still not on trial.

7 February 2008 Erol Önderoğlu

No Court Case against Hrant Dink’s Lawyer

An Istanbul court dropped the case against Hrant Dink’s lawyer Erdal Dogan for writing that nationalist lawyer Fuat Turgut should be tried for threatening Hrant Dink.

6 February 2008 Erol Önderoğlu

In memory of Hrant Dink

Do ‘Those’ Know Why ‘They’ Are All Hrant?

Why was it Hrant Dink’s death that made this distinction of ‘those’ and ‘they’ publicly visible? In other words, did he have to be killed? In order to find an answer, it is important to explore how the two groups view the question of "Armenian genocide".

29 January 2008 Pelin Ayan

Rights Activists Protest Against Militarism

IHD members gathered in Taksim on Saturday to protest against the rise in militarism and nationalism in Turkey: “Don’t kill anyone and don’t make anyone else kill."

27 January 2008 Emine Özcan

“Chief of Istanbul Police Negligent in Dink Murder”

Inspectors charge controversial police chief

“Chief of Istanbul Police Negligent in Dink Murder”

Istanbul police was receiving plentiful intelligence warning of a planned attack on slain journalist Hrant Dink, but neglected to act on it, according to the inspectors attached to the Ministry of the Interior.

24 January 2008

Ex-Anti-terror General Charged with Coup Attempt

Ultra-nationalist Network Arrested

Ex-Anti-terror General Charged with Coup Attempt

Retired army officers Kücük and Kardag, nationalist lawyers Kerincsiz and Turgut arrested for charges of plotting against the government. The operation embracing 33 pople relates also to unresolved murders.

23 January 2008 Tolga Korkut

Chronology II: Hrant Dink’s Murder

On the anniversary of Hrant Dink’s murder, the murder trial is still in its beginnings, yet the investigation is deeply flawed. This updated chronology reminds the reader of the complicated connections found in the course of the investigation.

21 January 2008 Mehmet Güc/express

Hrant Dink – Commemorated Around The World

Hrant Dink – Commemorated Around The World

From Frankfurt, Germany to Budapest, Hungary and to Berlin, Cologne and London hundreds across the globe joined the ten thousand people in Istanbul in memory of Armenian journalist Hrant Dink, in the first year of his assassination.

20 January 2008 Anna Grabolle

Ten Thousand Gathered in Istanbul in Memory of Hrant Dink

Ten Thousand Gathered in Istanbul in Memory of Hrant Dink

On the first anniversary of the murder of journalist Hrant Dink, more than ten thousand people gathered in front of the Agos newspaper office, the place where he was shot.

19 January 2008 Erol Önderoğlu

Police and Gendarme Should Be Brought To Justice, Say Dink Family

The family of murdered journalist Hrant Dink wants all those responsible for the murder to be prosecuted and has filed a complaint against Istanbul Police Chief Cerrah and other officers, as well as the officers of the Trabzon Gendarmerie Command.

18 January 2008 Erol Önderoğlu

Remembering Hrant Dink

By Vartan OSKANIAN, Armenia Foreign Minister

Remembering Hrant Dink

Vartan Oskanian is the minister of foreign affairs of the Republic of Armenia. His commemoration of Hrant Dink, the editor-in-chief of the Turkish-Armenian Agos newspaper who was killed by nationalists, was published on the first anniversary of Dink's murder.

18 January 2008 Vartan Oskanıan

IPI Condemns Ongoing Censorship under Article 301

Before the anniversary of Hrant Dink’s Murder, IPI criticises the Turkish government's failure to reform Article 301 of the Turkish Penal Code.

18 January 2008

Expert Report Charges "Istanbul Police As a Whole" for Negligence

Hrant Dink murder controversy

Expert Report Charges "Istanbul Police As a Whole" for Negligence

Istanbul Police Department as a whole may be responsible for negligence in the Dink murder, says expert report. Yet only one officer is permitted to be brought under investigation, in one year.

17 January 2008 Tolga Korkut

Who Accompanied Hrant Dink's Killer in Istanbul?

An informer, the day after journalist Hrant Dink's murder, called local gendarme in Trabzon and told that suspect O. S. went to Istanbul to kill the journalist "with friends", says family lawyer Fethiye Cetin.

15 January 2008 A. Nilüfer Zengin Kürkçü

Commemorating Hrant Dink, at The Same Spot!

Commemorating Hrant Dink, at The Same Spot!

A year has passed. Of all my identities, I want to put forward that of a human being and commemorate Hrant Dink at the same spot. I do not accept that people are killed for their thoughts, and I do not want to get used to their absence.

15 January 2008 Gönül İlhan

Dink Murder Suspect Was Over 19, Says Forensic Report

O.S., the young man suspected of shooting Hrant Dink, was 19 years old biologically at the time of the crime, says a Forensic Medicine report, issued after the court decision to ewnd the controversy regarding the suspect's age.

6 January 2008 A. Nilüfer Zengin Kürkçü

Parliamentary Investigation Finds No Further Evidence in Dink Murder Case

Agirbas of the Parliamentarian Human Rights Investigating Commission says that nothing new has come out of the commission's investigations so far.

6 January 2008 Gökçe Gündüç

"Are These Officers Still on Duty?"

"Are These Officers Still on Duty?"

Uras asked Minister of the Interior Atalay whether the police and gendarmerie officers said to have acted negligently have been investigated and whether they are still on duty.

7 December 2007 Tolga Korkut

Two Gendarmerie to be Tried for Negligence in Dink Murder

The Trabzon Prosecution has opened a trial against two gendarmerie officers for not acting on information about the planned murder of journalist Hrant Dink.

12 November 2007 Erol Önderoğlu

Nationalist Singer and Composer on Trial

Nationalist Singer and Composer on Trial

Singer Ismail Türüt and composer Arif Sirin, as well as two people charged with creating a clip on YouTube, are on trial for "praising a criminal" and "inciting hatred and hostility". Up to 7.5 years imprisonment are demanded.

7 November 2007 Erol Önderoğlu

Student Making Death Threat in Court

Publisher Necati Abay was threatened by student Mert Sahin after making a statement on the murder of Hrant Dink. The student is now on trial.

2 November 2007 Erol Önderoğlu

Decision by Regional Administrative Court:

Police again Protected in Dink Murder Case

The Regional Administrative Court has refused permission to try seven police officers from the Trabzon police department, arguing that they had no involvement in the murder of journalist Hrant Dink.

29 October 2007 Erol Önderoğlu

Article 19 Expresses Concern

International Reaction to Agos Sentence

The sentencing of Arat Dink and Serkis Seropyan, journalists of the Turkish-Armenian newspaper previously edited by murdered journalist Hrant Dink, has provoked international reaction.

17 October 2007

Despair at Hurdles in Dink Murder Trial

Despair at Hurdles in Dink Murder Trial

Just before the second hearing of the Hrant Dink murder trial, lawyer Fethiye Cetin lists the hurdles the plaintiffs have faced in trying to ensure a transparent investigation and trial of all those involved in Dink's murder.

28 September 2007 Erol Önderoğlu

Clip Praising Murder Had "No Political Aim"

The maker of the controversial You Tube clip featuring pictures of murdered journalist Hrant Dink and his murder suspects has denied any intent to praise the murder.

25 September 2007 Erol Önderoğlu

Nationalist Singer Accused of Hate Speech

Nationalist Singer Accused of Hate Speech

Türüt, a nationalist singer investigated for a song said to praise the murderers of journalist Hrant Dink, gave a statement at Sultanahmet law court yesterday.

21 September 2007 Erol Önderoğlu

Activists Complain Against Racist Song

The prosecution has reacted to controversy over a song praising Hrant Dink's murder suspects and started an investigation. Human rights groups are filing a suit additionally.

17 September 2007 Erol Önderoğlu

Police Not to Be Questioned in Dink Murder Trial

Police Not to Be Questioned in Dink Murder Trial

Although the Istanbul Public Prosecution had posited that Trabzon police officers had "neglected their duties of crime prevention", the Trabzon Governor's Office will not allow the questioning of eight of its officers.

31 August 2007 Tolga Korkut

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