Turkish court issues 9 life sentences for journalist Hrant Dink’s murder - Committee to Protect Journalists

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Turkish court issues 9 life sentences for journalist Hrant Dink’s murder - Committee to Protect Journalists

Istanbul, February 14, 2025–Turkish authorities must continue searching for those who masterminded the 2007 murder of Armenian-Turkish journalist Hrant Dink, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Friday, after a retrial in which an Istanbul court issued nine defendants with life sentences. Lawyers representing the Dink family said they would appeal the February 7 verdict due to an “incomplete investigation and prosecution.” Dink, founding ed…