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DINK LAWYERS CALL FOR COLONEL'S TRIAL IN ISTANBUL
Erol Onderoðlu
BÝA
March 31 2008
Turkey
After it has emerged that Trabzon Gendarmerie Commander Colonel Oz
ignored intelligence of murder plans, lawyers have called for his
prosecution in Istanbul.
Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink was murdered in front of his
office in Istanbul on 19 January 2007.
Trabzon gendarmerie implicated It has since emerged that gendarmerie
in Trabzon, in the north of Turkey, was informed of murder plans
of young men in Trabzon through their intelligence network. In the
latest development, two gendarmerie officers on trial in Trabzon,
Okan Simsek and Veysel Sahin, have stated that their superior,
the Trabzon province gendarmerie commander Colonel Ali Oz had been
informed of murder plans several times but did not act.
Following the revelation, Oz was taken off duty at his new post in
Bilecik, in the west of Turkey.
The Trabzon court which is trying the two gendarmerie officers has
filed a criminal complaint against Ali Oz and nine other gendarmerie
officers named by the two defendants.
Cinmen: Officers should be tried in Istanbul Now Ergin Cinmen, one
of the lawyers for the Dink family and joint attorney in the main
murder trial in Istanbul, has called for Oz to be tried in Istanbul.
Cinmen told bianet that as a preliminary investigation was being
carried out into the officers, the lawyers would submit a formal
request for them to be tried at the Istanbul 14th Heavy Penal Court,
where the main murder trial is being heard.
"A branch of the gang"
He added, "What happened in Trabzon is not neglect of duty. We are of
the opinion that this formation was a branch of the gang preparing
the attack on Dink, a part of the gang carrying out the murder. Our
demands from now on will be in that direction. We believe that the
investigation in Trabzon is within the jurisdiction of the Istanbul
prosecutors.
Cinmen said that he believed the two gendarmerie officers on trial
had told the truth: "Nearly all the authorities at the Trabzon
gendarmerie command know Hrant Dink's murderer. It has emerged that
no preventative measures were taken. From now on we expect justice
to be done."
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From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
Erol Onderoðlu
BÝA
March 31 2008
Turkey
After it has emerged that Trabzon Gendarmerie Commander Colonel Oz
ignored intelligence of murder plans, lawyers have called for his
prosecution in Istanbul.
Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink was murdered in front of his
office in Istanbul on 19 January 2007.
Trabzon gendarmerie implicated It has since emerged that gendarmerie
in Trabzon, in the north of Turkey, was informed of murder plans
of young men in Trabzon through their intelligence network. In the
latest development, two gendarmerie officers on trial in Trabzon,
Okan Simsek and Veysel Sahin, have stated that their superior,
the Trabzon province gendarmerie commander Colonel Ali Oz had been
informed of murder plans several times but did not act.
Following the revelation, Oz was taken off duty at his new post in
Bilecik, in the west of Turkey.
The Trabzon court which is trying the two gendarmerie officers has
filed a criminal complaint against Ali Oz and nine other gendarmerie
officers named by the two defendants.
Cinmen: Officers should be tried in Istanbul Now Ergin Cinmen, one
of the lawyers for the Dink family and joint attorney in the main
murder trial in Istanbul, has called for Oz to be tried in Istanbul.
Cinmen told bianet that as a preliminary investigation was being
carried out into the officers, the lawyers would submit a formal
request for them to be tried at the Istanbul 14th Heavy Penal Court,
where the main murder trial is being heard.
"A branch of the gang"
He added, "What happened in Trabzon is not neglect of duty. We are of
the opinion that this formation was a branch of the gang preparing
the attack on Dink, a part of the gang carrying out the murder. Our
demands from now on will be in that direction. We believe that the
investigation in Trabzon is within the jurisdiction of the Istanbul
prosecutors.
Cinmen said that he believed the two gendarmerie officers on trial
had told the truth: "Nearly all the authorities at the Trabzon
gendarmerie command know Hrant Dink's murderer. It has emerged that
no preventative measures were taken. From now on we expect justice
to be done."
--Boundary_(ID_rR54DXyrfM9JcpUFLwvvpQ )--
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress