News - Hrant Dink's killer was released by deep state, Turkey main opposition party leader says

The newly elected chairman of Turkey's main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP), Ozgur Ozer, commented on the release of Ogun Samast, who was convicted for the assassination of Hrant Dink, the chief editor of Agos Armenian weekly of Istanbul, on January 19, 2007.  Ozer stressed that Dink was a "dove," and killing a dove is considered a big crime in Turkey, Politikyol reported. The CHP leader claimed that behind the murder of Hrant Dink was the Turkish deep state, which, as per Ozer, released Samast. The opposition political figure added that he will do everything to uproot that deep state.