Armenian soldier dead. Huge protest action in Istanbul

YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 5, ARMENPRESS: A protest action was organized in Istanbul’s Taksim square by ,,Nor Zartonq” organization against the murder of Armenian solder Sevak Balikci on April 24. Sayat Pekir representative of ,,Nor Zartonq” mentioned that there are more than 250 people at Taksim and they are going to join another group in other district. So we can say that about 1000 protestors “will come together for justice”. He has also mentioned that the majority of protestors are foreigners; the family of Sevak is present as well. About year and a half passed after Sevak’s death but the murderer is still in freedom.

Balikci, who was killed in the military unit on April 24, had 23 days to complete his service. Official sources suggested that a bullet released from a fellow servicemen's gun accidentally caused the death of Sevak. Turkish Ministry of Defense declared that the serviceman died accidentally when joking with a fellow . But later Turkish media spread news concerning the murderer of Balikci Kıvanç Ağaoğlu as he was related to national forces. Nevertheless, the 2nd Court of Diyarbakır decided to release the murderer on August 1, 2011 after 3 months of imprisonment coming to the conclusion that Ağaoğlu who ,,accidentally” killed Armenian soldier had no reason to escape, though the case is still not closed.