Turkish school teacher dismissed for condemning Dink murder

PanARMENIAN.Net - When referring to the Hrant Dink murder, Turkish high school teacher Aysel Kilic said in class that no one should be killed for their thoughts and was exiled to Trabzon for that remark, Sabah daily reports.



When one of the students said in class that he is happy that Hrant Dink died, Kilic replied, "Killing someone for his or her thoughts is not right."



The students related this to their parents and one of them applied to the Selcuk District Administration, Education Ministry, and Izmir Governor's Office with the claim that Kilic said Turks have committed crimes against Armenians, that she humiliated Turks because of the Dink murder, that she said the living conditions of Abdullah Ocalan were bad, that she claimed Fehriye Erdal, who killed businessman Ozdemir Sabanci, was not a murderer, and that she gave low grades to students that opposed her views.



Two inspectors commissioned by the ministry found the teacher guilty and a criminal case was filed against her.



Meanwhile Kilic was appointed to a high school in Trabzon. Kilic has applied for a stay in proceedings and approached the Selcuk Public Prosecutor's Office with a brief saying that the accusations are false.