DINK MURDER TRIAL OPENS IN ISTANBUL
armradio.am
02.07.2007 10:33
The trial of 18 people charged in connection with the murder of
prominent Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink is to open in the
city of Istanbul.
Mr. Dink, 53, was gunned down outside his newspaper’s office in
Istanbul in January.
Unemployed teenager Ogun Samast is accused of carrying out the
shooting.
Prosecutors say he has confessed. Seventeen-year-old Samast, from the
town of Trabzon, was known to have links to nationalists. He faces
a lengthy jail sentence if convicted.
Two of the other 17 defendants, Yasin Hayal and Erhan Tuncel, are
accused of leading a nationalist group and ordering the murder.
The trial is closed to the public because Mr. Samast is a minor.