It was found out that Prosecutor Muammer Akkaş will be acting upon receiving the awaited formal document (25 October).ĭemand for the reversal of the decision: The lawyers of the Dink family demanded that the Trabzon 1 st High Criminal Court’s decision to reject the joinder of two cases in Trabzon about Ali Öz - the Trabzon Provincial Paramilitary Police Regiment Commander of the time - is overturned (20 October). Suspicion of connections with Zirve massacre: According to the news reports about the Dink murder, evidence has been discovered that the Dink Murder and the Zirve Publishing House massacres may have been committed by connected groups. Within the framework of the appeals process, Usta was investigating the connection between the Dink murder and the Zirve Publishing House massacre.Ĭhief auditor Ömeroğlu: Mehmet Nihat Önderoğlu, who was the person to examine the file in which Hrant Dink was being charged based on Article 301, and who was the person to sign the decision to punish Dink, was elected as Turkey’s first Public Chief-Auditor (Ombudsman) (27 November). The Prosecutor was changed: The Supreme Board of Judges and Prosecutors (HSYK) appointed Hikmet Usta, who was the trial prosecutor of the Hrant Dink trial, as the Bakırköy Deputy Chief Public Prosecutor (3 December). Hrant Dink was killed in front of the Agos newspaper on 19 January 2007 in the Şişli district of İstanbul (6 December). In its application, the Dink family argued that the real perpetrators of the murder have not been penalised. These journalists and distributors are generally being accused with “creating a media for the illegal organisation.” Ordinary journalism activities - such as “following news,” “criticizing the government,” and “working for the Kurdish media,” – are, in general, being considered and defined as offenses.Īmong alleged offenses are, "committing an offense on behalf of the group, without being a member of that group” and/or "knowingly and willingly assisting a group although not being in the hierarchical structure of the group.” Some journalists are on trial for "setting up an armed or unarmed group," "motivating and commanding it," or "being a member of it." The courts have already delivered verdicts in some of these trials.Īpplication to the Council of Europe: The Dink family applied to the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe, which supervises the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) decisions. Forty-nine out of 68 journalists and all 27 distributors are from the Kurdish media. All are imprisoned for connections with a ‘terrorist organisation’ within the scope of the Anti-Terror Law (TMK) and the Turkish Penal Code (TCK). 68 journalists and 27* distributors welcomed the year 2013 in prison.
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