Yasin Hayal is a Turkish criminal who is currently serving a life sentence for the assassination of Turkish Armenian journalist Hrant Dink. He previously served a ten-month prison term for bombing a McDonald's restaurant in the city of Trabzon, Turkey. He was formerly on trial for allegedly inciting Ogün Samast to assassinate Turkish Armenian journalist Hrant Dink. On January 16, 2012, Hayal was found guilty of soliciting Dink's murder by a Turkish court and sentenced to life imprisonment.
Yasin Hayal is a former member of the Turkish ultra-nationalist Great Union Party; he was expelled before the assassination of Dink.
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