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Turkish judiciary put to test with Dink trial

Ilnur Cevik
02 July 2007

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ilnurcevik@yahoo.com

The murder trial of journalist Hirant Dink promises to be not only controversial as the ultra nationalists will try to sabotage it but will also be a test case for the Turkish judiciary which has been taking a beating recently.

There have already been some ugly scenes between our liberal journalist friends and the ultra nationalists outside the court as the Dink trial got underway.

The ultra nationalists seem to feel that there could be some kind of justification for the murder of Dink… There is also widespread belief that the 18 defendants including a young man who is suspected of killing Dink are receiving some kind of official sympathy if not support…

It is sad that there are efforts that this case is being turned into a simple murder case instead of a complicated political assassination where the role of the police and even the Gendarmerie should be scrutinized.

There are all kinds of criticisms being leveled against the case. Observers are justified in saying the role of a police informant involved in the assassination remains a mystery. It is also a mystery that the police have not properly investigated the role of an ultra nationalist party in the murder of Dink. There are still too many unanswered contradictions that have not even been addressed by the indictment.

The trial should not simply end with some defendants being punished for the Dink murder. The trial should bring into the open in very clear terms who is using ultra nationalist outcasts to perform their own dirty work or even executions. We have to know why is all this happening.

In the past too many political murders have remained unsolved. This time we have a chance to get to the bottom of a case where the defendants have been captured immediately thanks to the help of modern technology.

What is the role of the "deep state" in this mess? Who has promised official protection for the defendants? The nation has to know.

We see with great shame that the Semdinli case is being covered up in a very clear manner. We do not want this to happen to the Dink trial.

Turkey has to perform well in the Dink trial. It cannot afford to give the image that if you are an Armenian and especially a controversial Armenian who wants to express his views freely then you deserve what you get…

Dink did not deserve to die. Now those really responsible for this death have to pay for their crime but will they?

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