THE FOURTH HEARING ON DINK CASE HELD IN ISTANBUL

armradio.am
27.02.2008 15:13

The fourth hearing in the trial of murdered Turkish-Armenian journalist
Hrant Dink was held at Istanbul’s 14th Court for Serious Crimes in
Beºiktaº district yesterday, two weeks after the third session,
the Turkish Daily News reports.

The third hearing on Feb. 11 had been postponed to Feb. 25 to complete
taking the testimony of all the suspects after the testimonies of Erhan
Tuncel and Yasin Hayal, the suspected inciters of the murder, were
heard in the third session. Suspects Ersin Yolcu, Ahmet Ä°skender,
Mustafa Ozturk and Salih Hacısalihoglu were questioned in the
trial. Along with other crimes, Yolcu, Ä°skender and Ozturk are
alleged to have assisted a terror organization and of being members
of a terror organization, while Hacısalihoglu is charged with the
allegation of assisting a terror organization. The trial was closed
to the media as the suspected gunman is below the age of 18.

Deputies from both the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP)
and the opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) were in court to
observe the trial. Zafer Uskul, an AKP deputy and the head of the
parliamentary commission on human rights was present at the trial as
well. "Our commission does not have the authority to intervene in a
judicial process.

However, we are trying to investigate whether there are people who
are out of the judicial process but should be in it. When we reach a
conclusion, if there are people out of the judicial process, we will
demand the necessary process be started about them," Uskul said.

Dink was shot dead in front of his office on Jan. 19, 2007.

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