ORHAN PHAMUK INVOLVED AS AGGRIEVED NOT TO TAKE PART IN COURT HEARING OF HRANT DINK’S MURDER CASE

Noyan Tapan
Armenians Today
Jun 14 2007

ISTANBUL, JUNE 14, NOYAN TAPAN – ARMENIANS TODAY. The Turkish writer,
Nobel prize winner Orhan Phamuk, will not take part in the court
hearing of the murder case of Hrant Dink, the former editor-in-chief
of the Weekly "Akos".

This information was provided by the Cihan agency.

Orhan Phamuk, expressing his position as an aggrieved party, gave a
statement through his lawyer Haluk Inanj that he can not take part
in the court hearing to be held on July 2 because of his busy working
schedule in abroad.

It should also be mentioned that Yasin Hayal, the defendant charged
with Dink’s murder, threatened Orhan Phamuk saying: "Phamuk should
show some sense." On the basis of this statement, the court has
decided to involve Orhan Phamuk in the case as an aggrieved party.