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 Supreme Criminal Court of Istanbul hosted on Monday the 17th hearing of assassinated Agos paper’s editor-in-chief Hrant Dink. Lawyers, invited from Paris and Brussels, were present at the hearing.

According to Turkish “Milliyet”, Dink family lawyer Fethiye Cetin informed the court about an important testimony by Trabzon deputy chief of police Nejati Ekiji made in Ankara court. Therefore, having watched chief suspect Ogun Samast on TV, his father hurried to the police station.

Trabzon deputy chief of police asked the father where Samast could be found, but the hunting was in vain. Later Ekiji was told that “the commander of gendarmerie could have known where my son would be. They used to have regular meetings.” Thus, Cetin claimed the court to call on testimony the murderer’s father who could tell the name of gendarmerie commander, who used to have regular meetings with Ogun Samast.

More than 4 years are left behind since Dink’s assassination. Turkish justice has been still unable to punish the murderer and the criminal group. Turkish judicial system has been deeply criticized and condemned by the international community, particularly by the European Court of Human Rights.