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4 Years Later: Court Considers Additional Suspect

HRANT DINK MURDER TRIAL

4 Years Later: Court Considers Additional Suspect

The court eventually decided to investigate who else was involved in the murder of Turkish-Armenian journalist Dink. Osman Hayal will be investigated. Cell phone records are requested from TİB and three GSM operators. The trial was postponed to 29 July.

31 May 2011 Erol Önderoğlu

Identified Suspect Osman Hayal Not Detained

HRANT DINK MURDER CASE

Identified Suspect Osman Hayal Not Detained

Two detained defendants of the murder case of Turkish-Armenian journalist Dink were released in the latest hearing. Osman Hayal was identified by a secret witness, though the court did not take the suspect into detention. Former head of the Police Intelligence Department will not be heard.

12 May 2010 Semra Pelek

Talk Of More Shooters In Hrant Dink’s Murder

Talk Of More Shooters In Hrant Dink’s Murder

The secret witness in Dink’s murder trial says there were two more people together with Ogün Samast and Osman Hayal at the murder scene. He identifies the third person as Yasin Hayal and claimes that he shot Dink from behind.

3 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

Police Investigates Osman Hayal 19 Months After Dink’s Murder

Police Investigates Osman Hayal 19 Months After Dink’s Murder

It has been suspected all along that Ogün Smast, Hrant Dink’s killer, was not alone at the scene on the day of the murder. Now the police is considering the possibility that Osman Hayal, Yasin Hayal’s brother, may have accompanied Ogün Samast on that day.

Osman Hayal, Instigator’s Brother In Dink’s Murder, Is In Custody

Osman Hayal, brother of the alleged instigator in Dink’s murder, has been taken into custody, even though he had claimed before that he was not in İstanbul on the day of the murder, but in Trabzon.