ISTANBUL. \u0569\u00a7\u0549\u0082-\u0549\u0080\u009c The \u0569\u00a7\u0549\u0082-\u056a\u0093Justice\u0569\u00a7\u0549\u0082-\u0539\u009d Initiative has launched in Turkey, and it is devoted to Sevag Balikci\u0569\u00a7\u0549\u0082-\u0549\u0080\u009dthe Istanbul Armenian who was killed, on April 24, 2011, in a military unit while serving in the Turkish army.<\/p>\n
Several intellectuals, journalist, and political figures gathered in Istanbul, days before the next court trial into Sevag\u0569\u00a7\u0549\u0082-\u0549\u0084\u00a7s murder case, and they announced the launching of the \u0569\u00a7\u0549\u0082-\u056a\u0093Justice\u0569\u00a7\u0549\u0082-\u0539\u009d Initiative, Star daily of Turkey informs.\u0569\u0082\u0539\u00a0\u0569\u0082\u0539\u00a0<\/p>\n
One of the gathering\u0569\u00a7\u0549\u0082-\u0549\u0084\u00a7s participants, former MP Ufuk Uras, noted that they came together to raise public sensitivity toward racism and hatred. \u0569\u00a7\u0549\u0082-\u056a\u0093We do not accept [the fact] that Sevag\u0569\u00a7\u0549\u0082-\u0549\u0084\u00a7s killer is freely walking in the streets,\u0569\u00a7\u0549\u0082-\u0539\u009d Uras said.\u0569\u0082\u0539\u00a0\u0569\u0082\u0539\u00a0\u0569\u0082\u0539\u00a0\u0569\u0082\u0539\u00a0\u0569\u0082\u0539\u00a0\u0569\u0082\u0539\u00a0<\/p>\n
The widow, son, and several friends of Hrant Dink\u0569\u00a7\u0549\u0082-\u0549\u0080\u009dthe founder and former chief editor of Istanbul\u0569\u00a7\u0549\u0082-\u0549\u0084\u00a7s Agos Armenian bilingual weekly, who was gunned down in 2007 in front of his office building\u0569\u00a7\u0549\u0082-\u0549\u0080\u009dand others also attended the meeting.<\/p>\n
To note, Sevag Balikci was killed by Kivanc Agaoglu, but the Turkish gendarmerie had stated that the death had occurred accidentally while the soldiers were joking around. Agaoglu was released at the very first court hearing, and on the grounds that he had no reason to escape. The Turkish Military Prosecutor\u0569\u00a7\u0549\u0082-\u0549\u0084\u00a7s Office had demanded a mere nine-year sentence for Agaoglu, and on charges of \u0569\u00a7\u0549\u0082-\u056a\u0093murder as a result of negligence.\u0569\u00a7\u0549\u0082-\u0539\u009d But at Diyarbakir Military Court, a senior officer had stated that, after Sevag\u0569\u00a7\u0549\u0082-\u0549\u0084\u00a7s murder, an eyewitness soldier had told him that Kivanc Agaoglu had told Sevag: \u0569\u00a7\u0549\u0082-\u056a\u0093Chubby, I will kill you!\u0569\u00a7\u0549\u0082-\u0539\u009d Yet the other military servicemen at the trial denied these words.<\/p>\n
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