Hakan Karadağ’s body was taken from his house in Cihangir to the Forensic Council of Medicine for an autopsy. Hitman Ogün Samast had threatedened Karadağ in the courtroom in one of the hearings.

According to initial wtinesses, a friend of Karadağ broke into his house when he got worried after not hearing him from him a few days in a row. He found Karadağ’s body hanging from othe ceiling. Police studied the scene and the body was taken to the Forensic Council morgue.

Meanwhile, his relatives rushed to the Forensic Council of Medicine building in the afternoon. The grieveng relatives said they could not believe he killed himself. His uncle Habip Karaadğ told reporters, “I just saw him yesterday, he did not have any suicidal issues. He said he had a case that he had to attend and left saying ‘hope to see you in the afternoon.’”

Karadağ was a co-plaintiff lawyer in the Dink assasination trial. Ogün Samast, the teenager who killed the Armenian journalist in broad daylight in January 2007, had said to Karadağ in the courtroom, “You’d better visit the prison oen day,” with a threatening hand gesture. Karadağ filed an official complaint with the judge. Samast objected saying he had no intention to threaten him, saying he only told Karadağ not to insult him.