15 Sep 2010 | Index Index, minipost
The European Court of Human Rights ruled on 14 September that Turkey must pay compensation to the family of murdered journalist Hrant Dink. The court said the sum of 133,000 euros was awarded because the government failed to protect the Turkish-Armenian writer. The verdict highlighted the state’s lack of respect for freedom of expression, and its failure to conduct a thorough investigation into the murder. The Turkish Foreign Ministry has said it will not appeal the decision. The family plans to donate the money to educational charities.
20 Aug 2010 | News and features
The Turkish government’s battle with the PKK threatens to stifle art itself, says Kaya Genç
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29 Jul 2010 | News and features
Web users have stepped away from their keyboards and on to the streets in Istanbul. Yaman Akdeniz reports
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20 Jul 2010 | Index Index, minipost, News and features
The 14th hearing in the trial of the three men accused of murdering journalist Hrant Dink has revealed a lack of police cooperation and investigation. Reporters San Frontieres reports that various pieces of evidence for the trial had not been submitted by the investigating detectives, thus considerably holding up the trial’s progression. Missing evidence includes data from the computer used by one of the suspects after the murder, and information from a phonecall between a police officer and one of the accused. The former police intelligence chief, Sabri Uzun, also revealed that a report evaluating the likelihood of Dink’s murder was archived instead of sent to him. Uzun said in court, “If I had been informed of the existence of this report, Hrant Dink would still be alive today”.
