Erdoğan hopes for Appeals Court to “clear up doubts” in Dink caseJanuary 21, 2012 - 12:51 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan expressed hope that the Supreme Court of Appeals “will clear up doubts” with regards to the case concerning the 2007 killing of Turkish-Armenian journalist, Agos weekly editor Hrant Dink, Today's Zaman reported. “The [trial] process has not been completed yet. I hope the judiciary will clear up doubts and take steps that will ease the public's conscience,” Erdoğan said in Ankara during the launch of an urban transformation project on Friday, Jan 20. “No plot or provocation will remain secret. No murder will remain unsolved,” he added. In what many said was a shocking and frustrating ruling for the five-year-long trial of the Dink case, the Istanbul 14th High Criminal Court cleared all suspects of charges of acting on orders from a criminal organization, angering lawyers and many others who say the trial failed to shed light on alleged connections between the suspects and state officials. The ruling sparked nationwide outrage with tens of thousands of people protesting the verdict on the fifth anniversary of Dink's death. 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 | Concept to complete Yerevan Cascade discussed at city hall A conceptual proposal to complete the Cascade complex in downtown Yerevan has been presented by Jean-Michel Wilmotte. Pashinyan visits flood-hit region Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on Saturday, June 8 visited the disaster area in the Lori province. €3.5 mln EU grant to support justice reforms in Armenia The European Union has paid €3.5 mln grant to Armenia within a €11mln program on Support to Justice Reforms. Yerevan reacts to Baku’s proposal to see Minsk Group abolition Alen Simonyan has declared that Armenia is taking steps aimed at concluding a peace treaty with Azerbaijan. |