Dink murder case: Court issues verdict
A Turkish court has convicted Yasin Hayal of the murder of editor-in-chief of Agos daily of Istanbul Hrant Dink and sentenced him to life imprisonment, while another instigator Erhan Tuncel was acquitted of murder charges by the same court.
A juvenile court had sentenced Dink’s assassin, Ogun Samast, to 22 years and 10 months in jail last July. He was 17 when the killing took place.
The Istanbul 14th High Criminal Court issued its verdict in the 25th hearing of the Hrant Dink murder case. Both Hayal and Tuncel were cleared of charges of membership in a terrorist organization.