The former policeman, one of the witnesses in the Hrant Dink murder case, gave contradictory evidence about Ogun Samast at the July 12 court sitting.

One of the arrestees, Cavit Kılıc, said that on the murder day Ogun Samast talked to five or six persons by means of MSN for two hours and a half. However, he could not name the persons.

After Samast left the Internet club a shot was heard. Kılıc looked out of the window to see Samast running away and crying he had killed someone.

According to him, after the murder policemen entered the Internet club and removed all the information from the computer. The information, however, was not provided to the court.

The judge reminded the attendees that after Dink’s murder Cavit Kılıç told the police that Samast had not entered the Internet club at all, he was not acquainted with Samast. In response, Kılıç said he did not remember.

A 100-member group of Dink’s friends gathered in front of the court and held an action of protest against attempts to conceal the facts about Hrant Dink’s murder. One of the participants, Bulent Aydin, pointed out that their slogan “For Justice, for Hrant” has been renamed “For Hrant, for Hrant.”

One of Hrant Dink’s friends, Hyako Bagdat, read out Dink’s last message addressed to him. Dink expected the year 2007 to be a difficult one for him. He did not know what injustice he was to suffer.

Hrant Dink was murdered on January 19, 2007. The trial has not yet found answers to the key questions.

The lawyers of Hrant Dink’s family stated on July 12 that the Turkish authorities and military are trying to conceal the murderers and get the case dismissed.