"Turkey on trial as suspects claim state collusion in writer's killing
By Nouritza Matossian and Daniel Howden
Published: 04 July 2007
A small, sweltering courtroom in Istanbul has become the focal point for an intense examination of Turkey's democratic freedoms and the independence of its judiciary.
On trial inside the room yesterday were 14 defendants accused of involvement in the murder of the campaigning journalist Hrant Dink. The doors will stay closed to the media, because the person accused of pulling the trigger in a murder that shook Turkey is a 17-year-old boy."
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