ATIK | Confederation of Workers from Turkey in Europe | AHM-ATIK News Center
TRABZON| 08-01-2014 | Law enforcement officers captured Zeynel Abidin Yavuz and Osman Hayal who have been top suspects within the retrial of 18 defendants in the case of murdered Armenian journalist Hrant Dink.
Gendarmerie forces detained Yavuz as he was walking on the street in Pelitli neighborhood in the Ortahisar district of Trabzon province onTuesday.
Osman Hayal was also captured by Trabzon police authorities in Pelitli.
The third hearing of the case at Istanbul 14th High Criminal Court was attended by Erhan Tuncel and Tuncay Uzundal. The court also issued an arrest warrant for Osman Hayal and Zeynel Abidin Yavuz for their testimony.
Dink was the editor of the bilingual Turkish-Armenian weekly Agos and Turkey’s best known Armenian voice abroad. He was shot in broad daylight as he left his office in Istanbul on 19 January 2007. (ANF)
