Problem not solved by convicting hitman in Dink murder, expert saysJuly 28, 2011 - 16:00 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Turkish studies expert Artak Shakaryan believes that only the executor of crime was punished for the murder of Hrant Dink, Agos Armenian-Turkish newspaper editor-in-chief. “Convicting a person who merely pulled the trigger does not resolve the problem,” the expert said, noting that neither the initiator of murder, nor the policemen aware of the crime to be perpetrated were punished. Ogun Samast, the hitman in the murder of Armenian-Turkish journalist Hrant Dink, who was fatally shot outside the Agos weekly's office in 2007, was sentenced to nearly 23 years in jail on Monday, July 25. Samast, tried in juvenile court because he was a minor at the time of the crime, was sentenced by the court to 21 years, six months for premeditated murder and one year, four months for carrying an unlicensed gun. Dink, the editor-in-chief of Armenian-Turkish newspaper Agos, was gunned down outside his office in Istanbul in broad daylight on Jan. 19, 2007. The hitman, Samast, was captured about one day after the murder. Other suspects, including Yasin Hayal and Erhan Tuncel, were captured in the following days on charges of soliciting Samast for Dink's murder. Top stories The Cabinet of Ministers decided on Thursday, November 9 to allocated AMD 120 million to arrange the gathering. Michael Roth believes sanctions must be put on the table after Baku‘s ethnic cleansing in Nagorno-Karabakh. The Yerevan City Council has elected Tigran Avniyan from the ruling Civil Contract as the mayor of the Armenian capital. The Armenian Parliament on Tuesday, October 3 voted to ratify the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. Partner news | Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. Aram I supports Karekin II’s “patriotic position” Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia Aram I has expressed support for the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin. U.S. believes peace is “possible” in South Caucasus The United States continues to believe that peace is possible in the South Caucasus, Vedant Patel said. |