EU LAWMAKER SAYS THOSE WHO ARE BEHIND THE KILLING OF TURKISH ARMENIAN JOURNALIST SHOULD BE BROUGHT BEFORE JUSTICE
Turkish Press
Feb 13 2008
ISTANBUL – A European lawmaker said Monday that "forces" behind the
killing of Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink should be brought
before justice.
"The important thing is that those who masterminded this incident
should also be tried in this court," Joost Lagendijk, a member of
the European parliament and co-chairman of an inter-parliamentary
committee between Turkey and the European Union, told reporters outside
an Istanbul court house where 19 suspects of the case were heard.
Lagendijk also said the disclosure of the forces who are believed to
stand behind the Dink murder was an important development for Turkey
as a rule of law.
"Turkey`s credibility as a rule of law might be seriously harmed at
the international level unless the reality was brought to the day
light," Lagendijk said.
Dink was shot dead outside the offices of his Agos newspaper in
January 2007.