Content tagged with Hrant Dink murder

Journalist Ercan Gül and Lieutenant Colonel Metin Yıldız arrested
Journalist Ercan Gül and Lieutenant Colonel Metin Yıldız arrested
As part of Dink murder case, Chief of Trabzon Gendarmerie Intelligence Branch Lieutenant Colonel Metin Yıldız and Fox TV News Director Ercan Gül are arrested.
25 August 2016
As part of Hrant Dink murder investigation, 5 people detained
As part of Hrant Dink murder investigation, 5 people detained
As part of the investigation on Hrant Dink murder, 1 lieutenant colonel, 2 non-commissioned officers, 1 specialized sergeant and owner of a publishing house are detained.
27 July 2016 Gözde Kazaz
Dink case will continue today
Dink case will continue today
The first day of trials of Dink case ended with the reading of the indictment, which will be continued to be read today. It is also expected that the court will start to hear the suspects today.
24 May 2016 Uygar Gültekin
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
Recusation in Dink case
Recusation in Dink case
Public officials who are responsible for Hrant Dink's murder are started to be heard. The court will decide suspect Yılmaz Angın's demand of recusation.
19 April 2016
Friends of Hrant: Until the real murderers are punished as they deserve
Friends of Hrant: Until the real murderers are punished as they deserve
Today, public officials who are responsible for Dink murder are being heard. Before the trial, Friends of Hrant made a statement to the press. It is stated that the public officials stand trial because of “fight for power” and the highest prosecution organ insists on protecting the governor who was in office at the time of murder.
19 April 2016 Haber Merkezi
Trials of Dink case started
Trials of Dink case started
The first hearing of the two Dink cases that are joined will be held today. At the hearings that will be held between April 19 and 21, 34 suspects, 8 of them being arrested, will stand trial together for the first time.
19 April 2016 Haber Merkezi
Supreme Court's insistance on investigation against Muammer Güler
Supreme Court's insistance on investigation against Muammer Güler
A permit was requested for starting an investigation against former Minister of Interior Muammer Güler, who was the governor of Istanbul when Hrant Dink was murdered, and Ministry of Interior declined this request by deciding “not to put it in process”. Supreme Court Prosecutor's Office objected to the decision of Ministry of Interior.
7 April 2016 Uygar Gültekin
"Dink is one of our targets, Mutafyan is nationalist"
"Dink is one of our targets, Mutafyan is nationalist"
A document added to the case file of Dink murder case revealed why Hrant Dink couldn't have issued a passport in 1997.
10 March 2016 Uygar Gültekin
Gökalp Kökçü, the prosecutor of Dink case, dismissed from the investigation
Gökalp Kökçü, the prosecutor of Dink case, dismissed from the investigation
Preparing the indictment against the public officials and carrying the investigations about the crime organization in Dink case, Gökalp Kökçü's is appointed to another office.
11 January 2016 Haber Merkezi
Dink case waits for the Supreme Court
Dink case waits for the Supreme Court
Dink case waits for the Supreme Court’s decision on which court should try the case that was opened against the public officials.
22 December 2015 Ույգար Գյուլթեքին
The indictment against public officials sent to the court
The indictment against public officials sent to the court
The indictment against public officials that was prepared as a part of Hrant Dink case is sent to Istanbul 14th High Penal Court. The indictment was returned by Public Prosecutor of Istanbul twice.
9 December 2015 Haber Merkezi
Cizre Police Chief turns himself in
Cizre Police Chief turns himself in
Cizre Police Chief Ercan Demir, for whom an arrest warrant was issued in relation to the Hrant Dink murder case investigation, has reportedly turned himself in.
19 January 2015 Haber Merkezi
Arrest warrant issued for police officers in Dink murder
Arrest warrant issued for police officers in Dink murder
In the Dink murder investigation, an arrest warrant has been issued for the former Chief of Police Özkan Mumcu and police officer Muhittin Zenit on the grounds that ‘they had prior knowledge of the assassination and did not take necessary precautions’.
12 January 2015 Haber Merkezi
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