East Turkey court hears witnesses in police murder trial
KAYSERI, Turkey, May 12, 2014 (AFP) - A Turkish court heard key testimonies Monday in the trial of eight men, including four policemen, accused of beating a teenage student to death during anti-regime protests last year.
Ali Ismail Korkmaz died after being pummelled with baseball bats and truncheons in the western city of Eskisehir on June 2 - one of eight people to perish in the three weeks of protests that convulsed the country of 76 million.
Heval Yilmaz Karasu, who represents Korkmaz's family, told AFP on Sunday that almost a dozen key witnesses would give testimonies in the case.
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