Content tagged with Dink case

Dink case: examination of Yılmazer completed
Dink case: examination of Yılmazer completed
In Dink case, examination of former intelligence officer Ali Fuat Yılmazer is completed.
11 April 2017 Uygar Gültekin
8 people arrested in Dink case
8 people arrested in Dink case
As part of Dink murder investigation, 8 people including gendarmerie personnel are arrested. Prosecutor Kökçü claimed that these suspects had known the information concerning Ogün Samast 2 hours before he was caught.
29 March 2017 Haber Merkezi
Detention break to Dink case
Detention break to Dink case
Suspect Ali Fuat Yılmazer’s two daughters were detained yesterday. Upon the request of Dink family’s lawyer Hakan Bakırcıoğlu, the hearing is postponed to April 10.
16 March 2017
Dink case: Yılmazer left his defence incomplete
Dink case: Yılmazer left his defence incomplete
Today, Dink case started with the defence of Ali Fuat Yılmazer, former chief of the Office C of Istanbul Directorate of Security Intelligence Branch. After the lunch break, Yılmazer stated that he won't continue and said, “You are a project court.”
14 March 2017 Uygar Gültekin
Recent developments in Dink case
Recent developments in Dink case
On Friday, the recent round of hearings ended. Arrested suspect Ali Fuat Yılmazer continues to present his defence. He said, “The groups that we called dark organizations in the past are within the state now. That is why we live in an empire of terror now. No one goes outside. In this sense, the murder achieved its goal.” The court decided to hear 51 people including Hanefi Avcı and Muammer Güler as witnesses.
20 January 2017
A guide for understanding the Dink case
A guide for understanding the Dink case
It has been 10 years since the founder and editor-in-chief of Agos Hrant Dink was shot to death on January 19, 2007, in front of the office of Agos newspaper. Since then, only a few steps have been taken in revealing the ones who ordered this murder and who planned the murder. Here is a brief timeline covering the key actors and cornerstones of the case that has been going on for 10 years.
18 January 2017
10 years of the Dink murder case
10 years of the Dink murder case
One of the judges of Dink murder case remarked on the murder during a trial: “Think about a book. You know what will happen in the end, the moment you start to read it.” It is the exact definition of the process leading Hrant Dink to death.
18 January 2017
Yılmazer: You should arrest the minister of interior who assigned me
Yılmazer: You should arrest the minister of interior who assigned me
Dink murder suspect Ali Fuat Yılmazer talked about the claim that he was assigned as the chief to the Office C of General Directorate of Security Intelligence Branch, because he is a member of the Gulenist organization. He said that the minister of interior had assigned him and claimed that Abdülkadir Aksu, who was the minister at that time, should be arrested.
17 January 2017
Dink case starts
Dink case starts
10th round of hearings of Dink murder case will continue today in Istanbul. Friends of Hrant was in front of the court house.
16 January 2017 Haber Merkezi
Dink case continues with the cross examination of Akyürek
Dink case continues with the cross examination of Akyürek
Dink murder case continues with the examination of Ramazan Akyürek, the chief of Security General Directorate Intelligence Branch at the time of murder.
19 December 2016
Faruk Sarı: I hadn’t been informed
Faruk Sarı: I hadn’t been informed
In Dink Case, Faruk Sarı, who was working as the chief of Trabzon General Directorate of Security Intelligence Branch at the time of murder, presented his defence and stated that he hadn’t received any information about the plans for murder.
13 October 2016
Dink case: Dink should have been protected
Dink case: Dink should have been protected
Yesterday, Engin Dinç, who is the current chief of the General Directorate of Security Intelligence Department and was the chief of Trabzon Security Directorate Intelligence Department at time of murder, came to the court for the first time. The hearing continues today.
10 October 2016
Dink case: Engin Dinç presented his defence
Dink case: Engin Dinç presented his defence
Engin Dinç, who is the current chief of the General Directorate of Security Intelligence Department and was the chief of Trabzon Security Directorate Intelligence Department at time of murder, presented his defence in the court.
10 October 2016
Dink case to continue on September 26
Dink case to continue on September 26
As part of Dink murder case, the hearings of the suspected public officials will continue on September 26, 27, 29 and 30.
22 September 2016 Haber Merkezi
Dink murder investigation: Yorulmaz arrested, Ali Öz detained
Dink murder investigation: Yorulmaz arrested, Ali Öz detained
As part of Hrant Dink murder investigation, the number of detained suspects has risen to 28 with the detention of 3 more personnel from Trabzon Gendarmerie, including Trabzon Provincial Gendarmerie Regiment Commander Ali Öz. Ergün Yorulmaz from Trabzon Gendarmerie Intelligence Branch is arrested.
7 August 2016 Haber Merkezi
Dink case: some lawyers of the suspects withdrew
Dink case: some lawyers of the suspects withdrew
Some lawyers of the public officials who have been tried as part of Dink case withdrew from the case by presenting petitions to the court.
20 July 2016 Gözde Kazaz
Friends of Hrant: the instigators and the ones who killed him blatantly should be punished
Friends of Hrant: the instigators and the ones who killed him blatantly should be punished
Before the trial of the public officials starts, Friends of Hrant made a statement to the press. It is stated that “The ones who killed him blatantly, the ones who instigated the murder and the ones who connived at this murder should be called to account, tried and punished regardless of their relations and groups.”
24 May 2016 Haber Merkezi
Dink case resumes on
Dink case resumes on
The case against the public officials as part of the main Dink case will continue on May 24.
23 May 2016
In Dink case, demand for recusal refused
In Dink case, demand for recusal refused
In the trial of the public officials who are responsible for Dink murder, which was held on April 19, the demand for recusal of the suspects is refused.
28 April 2016 Uygar Gültekin
Hakan Bakırcıoğlu: Persistent effort is necessary for truth
Hakan Bakırcıoğlu: Persistent effort is necessary for truth
Trials of main case of Dink murder will start on April 19. Before the trails, we talked to Dink family's lawyer Hakan Bakırcıoğlu about the prosecution process.
18 April 2016 Uygar Gültekin
State investigated whether the perpetrators of Dink murder are of Armenian origin
State investigated whether the perpetrators of Dink murder are of Armenian origin
A document added to the case file of Dink murder revealed that the intelligence units investigated whether the perpetrators of Dink murder are of Armenian origin.
10 March 2016 Uygar Gültekin
Trabzon gendarmerie intelligence office had been watching Dink 4 months before the murder
Trabzon gendarmerie intelligence office had been watching Dink 4 months before the murder
It is revealed that Trabzon gendarmerie intelligence office had been watching Dink around his home 4 months before he was assassinated.
22 February 2016 Haber Merkezi
Compensation approved in Dink case
Compensation approved in Dink case
Ministry of Interior will pay compensation to Dink family because of neglect of duty.
2 December 2015 Haber Merkezi
The indictment against the public officials is returned
The indictment against the public officials is returned
The indictment against the public officials that was prepared by investigating prosecutor Gökalp Kökçü as a part of Hrant Dink case is returned to the prosecution by Public Prosecutor of Istanbul.
3 November 2015 Uygar Gültekin
Public officials in the bill of indictment
Public officials in the bill of indictment
Many of the 25 public officials who are included in a bill of indictment as part of Dink case are accused of murder in the first degree, leadership or membership of an armed crime enterprise, destroying the official documents and some of them are accused of murder by omission and some others are accused of official misconduct.
22 October 2015 Haber Merkezi
Dink case: Akyürek arrested
Dink case: Akyürek arrested
Former General Directorate of Security Intelligence Agency Director Ramazan Akyürek, detained within the scope of the Hrant Dink murder investigation, arrested.
28 February 2015 Haber Merkezi
Two police officers arrested in Dink case
Two police officers arrested in Dink case
Former Chief of Police Özkan Mumcu and police officer Muhittin Zenit, for which arrest warrants had been issued within the scope of the Dink murder investigation, have been arrested
13 January 2015
Former Istanbul Police Chief Celalettin Cerrah gives statement
Former Istanbul Police Chief Celalettin Cerrah gives statement
In the inquiry regarding public officials in relation to the assassination of Agos Editor-in-Chief Hrant Dink, former Istanbul Police Chief Celalettin Cerrah is currently providing his statement as a suspect.
15 December 2014 Haber Merkezi