Turkey: Does Dink Trial Verdict Indicate a Revival of Power Politics in Ankara?
January 23, 2012 - 3:16pm, by Dorian Jones
Almost a week after the conclusion of a trial concerning the murder of Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink, the verdict continues to reverberate in Turkey. It is shaking the faith of minority groups that they can get a fair hearing in the country’s courts and is raising questions among rights activists about the judiciary’s independence. And some political analysts are worrying that the country’s leaders are giving in to anti-democratic tendencies.
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