Yasin Hayal

Yasin Hayal (born 1980) is a Turkish criminal who is serving a life sentence for the assassination of Turkish Armenian journalist Hrant Dink. He has served a ten-month prison term for bombing a McDonald's restaurant in the city of Trabzon, Turkey. He has been on trial for allegedly inciting Ogün Samast to assassinate Turkish Armenian journalist Hrant Dink.[1] On January 16, 2012, Hayal was found guilty of soliciting Dink's murder by a Turkish court and sentenced to life imprisonment. The ruling was later abolished,[2] and in a new trial Hayal was sentenced to 7 and a half years imprisonment in July 2019.[3]

Yasin Hayal is a former member of the Turkish ultra-nationalist Great Union Party; he was expelled before the assassination of Dink.[4]

Murder of Hrant Dink

Hayal is connected to the murder of journalist Hrant Dink on January 19, 2007, by giving the murderer, Ogün Samast, the idea and supplying him with a weapon and money. Hrant Dink, the editor-in-chief of the bilingual Turkish-Armenian newspaper Agos, was killed on January 19, 2007 in front of the Agos office in Istanbul by gunshots, fired from behind in broad daylight.

The instigator of the murder, Erhan Tuncel, allegedly informed police officer Muhittin Zenit of the attack in advance. Zenit was unable to have Hayal apprehended due to orders from the Trabzon police department.[5]

Initially Hayal claimed innocence, citing absence; however, telephone records proved that he was in Istanbul on the day of the assassination.[6] His attorney was Fuat Turgut, who is suspected of membership in a militant organization called Ergenekon.[7] The Great Union Party financed his court expenses; however, its leader, Muhsin Yazıcıoğlu adamantly denied any connection between his party and Ergenekon.[4]

Orhan Pamuk, watch your step! Watch your step!

— Hayal's departing advice to Orhan Pamuk, before being taken in police custody.[7][8]

During his last trial Hayal harassed Dink's wife, Rakel.[7]

In August 2008, his brother, Osman Hayal, was taken into custody for incitement.[9] In October, Osman was indicted by prosecutors Selim Berna Altay and Fikret Seçen for abetment, on the grounds that he was allegedly in Istanbul when the crime took place. The charge carries a penalty of 22.5–35 years.[10]

McDonald's incident

Hayal bombed a McDonald's branch in Trabzon on 24 October 2004. He left the scene without his jacket, his leg injured. His mother, Huri, said that Yasin left home on 24 October after the noon prayer and returned at night. The next day, he left around the same time at noon, once again returning in the evening to break the Ramadan fast. However, he left home after dinner after telling his parents he would spend the night with a friend in college. The police did not question Hayal's family for some time.[11]

He was sentenced to 6 years and 8 months in prison.[12]

He was retried on 23 September 2008, after a higher court decided that the penalty for his six victims should be cumulative.[13][14] He did not attend his trial so his written statement will be obtained from his residence in Tekirdağ prison.[12]

He assaulted a missionary priest on March 18, 2002 in Trabzon.[15]

References
  1. "A 'Trabzon Legend' gave the orders to kill Hrant Dink". Hürriyet. 2007-01-22. Retrieved 2007-01-22.
  2. "Dink murder case trial resumes in new court". www.aa.com.tr. Retrieved 2020-03-06.
  3. "Turkey: 3 get jail terms in 2007 murder of journalist". www.aa.com.tr. Retrieved 2020-03-06.
  4. Kilic, Ecevit (2008-07-14). "Partimi Ergenekon'un içine çekmek istediler" (in Turkish). Retrieved 2008-11-29. Bu olaydan önce partiyle ilişkisi partimizin ilkelerine uygun davranışlar göstermediği için kesilmiş. BBP, burada aslında mağdurdur. Hayal, cezaevinde olduğu zaman ailesinin yardım talebi olmuş. Cezaevine girdi, bunun karşılığı olarak bize para verin denmemiş. 100 aileye daha yardım yapılmış.
  5. "Dink soruşturmasında 'ne yapıldı' araştırması". NTV-MSNBC (in Turkish). 2008-02-19. Retrieved 2008-11-06. ...Erhan Tuncel’in, polis memuru Muhittin Zenit’e, Yasin Hayal’i İstanbul’da yakalatmayı teklif ettiğini, ancak Trabzon Emniyeti’nin bunu kabul etmediğini söylediği belirlenmişti.
  6. EÖ/TB (2008-08-20). "Osman Hayal, Instigator's Brother In Dink's Murder, Is In Custody". Bianet. Retrieved 2008-08-20.
  7. "'Pişman ağabey', Rakel Dink'e de sataştı". NTV-MSNBC (in Turkish). 2008-02-12. Retrieved 2008-11-06.
  8. "5 charged in Turkey with killing of journalist". International Herald Tribune. Associated Press. 2007-01-24. Retrieved 2008-11-06.
  9. "Yasin Hayal'in ağabeyi gözaltında". Anadolu Agency (in Turkish). Radikal. 2008-08-20. Retrieved 2008-08-20.
  10. Yalcinkaya, Beyhan (2008-10-25). "Yasin Hayal'in ağabeyi de Dink sanığı". Gündem. Yeni Şafak (in Turkish). Retrieved 2008-12-23.
  11. Durna, Erdogan (2008-02-19). "Emniyet Hayal'e neden dokunmuyor?". NTV-MSNBC (in Turkish). Retrieved 2008-11-06. Bu eylemi Yasin Hayal’in gerçekleştirdiğini ve olay yerinden bacağından yaralı olarak uzaklaştığını, hatta olay yeri yakınında kasketi ve montunu bıraktığını, o bölgede oturan bir polisin oğlu vasıtasıyla öğrendik.
  12. "Hayal'in McDonald's davası yeniden görülüyor". NTV-MSNBC (in Turkish). 2008-11-06. Retrieved 2008-11-06.
  13. Öktem, Bahadır (2008-09-10). "Yasin Hayal yeniden yargılanacak". Türkiye. Radikal (in Turkish). Doğan News Agency. Retrieved 2008-09-10.
  14. EÖ/EÜ/TB (2008-09-11). "Instigator Of Dink's Murder To Be Retried For Previous Crime". Bianet. Retrieved 2008-09-11.
  15. Göktaş, Kemal (2009-01-27). "Şu papazı indirelim". Vatan (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 2013-11-12. Retrieved 2019-05-02.
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