  Turkey court orders 1 million lira compensation for Hrant Dink's family October 11, 2021 - 17:30 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - A court in Istanbul has ordered the Turkish Interior Ministry to pay over 1 million 66 thousand liras ($119,000) to the family of the slain Turkish-Armenian journalist and editor-in-chief of Agos newspaper Hrant Dink. Dink's family, who was murdered, filed a lawsuit for pecuniary and non-pecuniary damages in the amount of 1.5 million liras against the Ministry of Interior accusing it of negligence that resulted in the murder of Dink on January 19, 2007. The Istanbul 6th Administrative Court pointed out that Dink had become a target due to articles published in the Agos Newspaper, his right to life was in a clear and imminent danger, and that protective measures should have been taken even without such a request. The court unanimously decided to accept the compensation claim as 466, 781TL for material and 600,000 TL for non-pecuniary damages, Agos reports. Dink, a founder and editor-in-chief of the Turkish-Armenian weekly Agos newspaper, was gunned down in broad daylight in front of his Istanbul office in 2007 by Ogün Samast, then a 17-year-old jobless high school dropout and an ultranationalist. Samast confessed to the killing and was sentenced to more than 20 years in jail.   Top stories Six total incidents have burned 19 old-growth trees. Friday night 8 trees were torched along the beautiful main entrance. The EU does not intend to conduct military exercises with Armenia, Lead Spokesperson for EU Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Peter Stano says. Hikmet Hajiyev has said that there is no place for USAID operation in Azerbaijan any longer. A telephone conversation between Putin and Pashinyan before the CSTO summit is not planned, Peskov says.   Partner news |  Latest news U.S. warns Georgia not to side with Moscow against the west  Georgia has been warned by the U.S. not to become an adversary of the west by falling back in line with Moscow.Power of One Dram sums up two-year program with Teach for Armenia Idram Junior also joined the companies during the visit, bringing with it a fascinating intellectual game for childrenYerevan Mayor to travel to Paris on May 15-19 The official delegation headed by Yerevan Mayor Tigran Avinyan will travel to Paris from May 15 to 19.Armenia, India hold first defense consultations The meeting was attended by Indian Ambassador Nilakshi Saha Sinha and Defense Attaché Brigadier General Naveen Nijhawan. |
