On May 30, the Istanbul 14th High Criminal Court, again reviewed the murder case of Hrant Dink, the Turkish-Armenian newspaper editor and activist gunned down on January 19, 2007.

At yesterday’s hearing, the court opened the way to investigate who other than Ogun Samast, the suspected triggerman, was involved in the actual shooting.

Bianet reports that In accordance with the request of lawyer Fethiye Çetin, one of the joint attorneys of the Dink family, the court decided to have full lengths body shots taken from the front and the side of Osman Hayal plus biometric photographs. Hayal is the brother of suspect Yasin Hayal and was allegedly in the vicinity of the scene of crime on 19 January 2007.

Furthermore, the identity of a suspect who talked via a cell phone from two different points close to the scene of crime at the day of the murder shall be determined. The court requested the Telecommunication Communication Presidency and three different GSM operators announce all telephone conversations of this person made between 11.10 and 11.25 am and between 2.45 and 3.00 pm at the scene of crime.

Before yesterday’s court session, the 18th hearing of the trial, about 300 "Friends of Hrant" gathered in Beşiktaş (Istanbul) and reiterated their demand for justice in a walk to the Beşiktaş Courthouse.