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Published on April 30, 2008
ISTANBUL COURT SEARCHING FOR LINKS BETWEEN ERGENEKON AND DINK MURDERERS
- The hearing for the 19 suspects in connection to the murder of Hrant Dink, the editor-in-chief of Agos bilingual newspaper, continued in Istanbul’s 14th High Criminal Court. It is being investigated into whether Veli Kucuk, arrested as suspect in links with Ergenekon, visited Yasin Hayal in prison. The attorneys for the Dink family stated that Veli Kucuk visited Hayal in jail after the event. The attorneys asked Hayal: "Did you get to know him after meeting with Veli Kucuk in jail?" Hayal responded: "They also know that this did not happen." It was stated that a letter was sent to both the Istanbul Bayrampasa and Trabzon prisons to receive detailed information on Veli Kucuk’s visit to see Hayal. The court has decided to send a written request for the investigation into the claim that Veli Kucuk met with Yasin Hayal, while he was serving time for the McDonalds bombing, Sabah Turkish newspaper reports.
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Today in Armenian history- 1901 Death of Srapion Tolian (Sipili Yessayi), playwright, critic, and teacher of P. Doorian.
- 1915 Death of Sargees Barseghian (Vana Sargees), of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation Party. He was born in 1875.
- 1927 Opening of Yerevan's carbide factory.
- 1941 Death of Panos Terlemezyan (artist) in Yerevan. He was born in 1865.
- 1947 The International Armenian Congress takes place in the USA.
- 1981 The United States Holocaust Memorial Council, an independent Federal agency, unanimously resolved that the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum would include the Armenian Genocide in the Museum and has since done so.
- 1991 Soviet and Azeri Turkish forces start "Operation Circle" in Getashen and Martakert.
- 1993 The UN Security Council, at its 3205th meeting, adopts resolution 822.
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