Turkey is not complying with the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) ruling that was made in connection with the murder case of Hrant Dink, the founder and chief editor of Istanbul’s Agos Armenian bilingual weekly, who was gunned down in 2007 in front of his office building.    

Dink’s family petitioned to the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe, which deals with the implementation of ECtHR rulings. In this respect, the family’s attorney, Fethiye Cetin, noted that the Turkish authorities are not taking any clear measures to comply with the ECtHR ruling, Agos reports.      

To note, the European Court of Human Rights ruled against Turkey, on September 14, 2010, with respect to the aforesaid case. In the respective decision it was noted that the Turkish authorities had not ensured Dink’s safety and had not conducted a necessary investigation to solve the murder.