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HRANT DINK CASE: FOOTAGE LOST - COMPLAINT ABOUT HEAD OF ANTI-TERROR BRANCH
BIAnet.org
May 31 2011
Turkey
Witness Cakmakc覺 confirmed the previous statement of a secret
witness saying that triggerman suspect Samast was accompanied by two
individuals at the murder of journalist Dink. Footage of the incident
can definitely not be restored.
Erol ONDERO繼^LU [email protected] Istanbul - B襤A News Center31 May
2011, Tuesday RELATED NEWS HRANT DINK MURDER TRIAL: 4 Years Later:
Court Considers Additional Suspect Emsale Cakmakc覺, witness of the
murder of Turkish Armenian journalist Hrant Dink, was heard before
the 14th High Criminal Court in Istanbul for the first time at the
hearing on Monday (30 May). The trial on the murder of journalist
Dink has been pending for more than four years.
Cakmakc覺 had previously given her only detailed statement at the
Istanbul Police.
Cakmakc覺 stated that she saw a person with a white cap accompanied
by two other individuals right after the murder at around 3.00 pm on
19 January 2007. The witness described the clothes, height and hair of
these three people but she apparently was not able to see their faces.
"It seemed to me that they were walking together" As a designer,
Cakmakc覺 said she was in a shop to buy fabric close to the spot
where the murder occurred. "It seemed to me that they were walking
together but I was not able to see their faces. The police asked
me to identify them but I told them that I did not recognize them"
she claimed. A secret witness had given a similar statement before.
The 18th hearing of the case was attended by detained defendants Erhan
Tuncel and Yasin Hayal, both of whom stand accused of instigation to
murder. The hearing was observed by writer Adalet Agaoglu, complainant
Ufuk Uras and Levent Tuzel, Istanbul independent candidate of the
Labour, Democracy and Freedom Block.
'Footage is lost; Kutkan is responsible' The reply from Scientific
and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUB襤TAK) was the most
crucial development of the Monday hearing.
According to the report, the footage of the camera in a local bank
branch at the scene of crime for the time of the murder cannot be
restored.
Lawyer Fethiye Cetin, joint attorney of the Dink family, declared,
"The part of the Akbank video records of the morning and the afternoon
on the day of the incident is missing. The incident happened during
the term of office of Selim Kutkan at the Anti-Terror Branch. The
footage was lost. We file a criminal complaint about Kutkan".
Defendant Hayal requests protection Defendant Yasin Hayal told Court
President Rustem Ery覺lmaz, "I am being disturbed by the residents
in my neighbourhood. I am fed up. I am being beaten. The whole lot of
Pelitli [district of Trabzon, Black Sea coast] is threatening me. They
say 'We are going to strangle you and tear you into pieces'. I have
no strength left to endure any longer. I want protection. I am being
oppressed".
Tuncel: I am not in!
Plaintiff lawyer Hakan Bak覺rc覺oglu reminded what defendant Erhan
Tuncel said to the Trabzon Police prior to the murder. Tuncel had
stated, "I am not in if Dink is going to be killed. You are betting
on the wrong horse". Laywer Bak覺rc覺oglu asked Tuncel whether he
wanted to say that they should not turn a blind eye to this issue
and Tuncel confirmed that.
After projecting the camera records of the day of the murder in the
court room, Plaintiff lawyer Cetin assessed, "In our opinion, the
person next to Samast is Osman Hayal". Hayal's lawyer Eda Salman on
the other hand ridiculed Cetin's evaluation by saying, "And I think
this person resembles Ahmet Kaya".
Tuncel's lawyer Erdogan Soruklu referred to the words of Ahmet
Samast, father of triggerman suspect Ogun Samast who had said,
"The Gendarmerie commander knows where Samast is". In this context,
he voiced their demands and particularly the request to determine
the role of the gendarmerie in the murder. (EO/VK)
From: A. Papazian
BIAnet.org
May 31 2011
Turkey
Witness Cakmakc覺 confirmed the previous statement of a secret
witness saying that triggerman suspect Samast was accompanied by two
individuals at the murder of journalist Dink. Footage of the incident
can definitely not be restored.
Erol ONDERO繼^LU [email protected] Istanbul - B襤A News Center31 May
2011, Tuesday RELATED NEWS HRANT DINK MURDER TRIAL: 4 Years Later:
Court Considers Additional Suspect Emsale Cakmakc覺, witness of the
murder of Turkish Armenian journalist Hrant Dink, was heard before
the 14th High Criminal Court in Istanbul for the first time at the
hearing on Monday (30 May). The trial on the murder of journalist
Dink has been pending for more than four years.
Cakmakc覺 had previously given her only detailed statement at the
Istanbul Police.
Cakmakc覺 stated that she saw a person with a white cap accompanied
by two other individuals right after the murder at around 3.00 pm on
19 January 2007. The witness described the clothes, height and hair of
these three people but she apparently was not able to see their faces.
"It seemed to me that they were walking together" As a designer,
Cakmakc覺 said she was in a shop to buy fabric close to the spot
where the murder occurred. "It seemed to me that they were walking
together but I was not able to see their faces. The police asked
me to identify them but I told them that I did not recognize them"
she claimed. A secret witness had given a similar statement before.
The 18th hearing of the case was attended by detained defendants Erhan
Tuncel and Yasin Hayal, both of whom stand accused of instigation to
murder. The hearing was observed by writer Adalet Agaoglu, complainant
Ufuk Uras and Levent Tuzel, Istanbul independent candidate of the
Labour, Democracy and Freedom Block.
'Footage is lost; Kutkan is responsible' The reply from Scientific
and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUB襤TAK) was the most
crucial development of the Monday hearing.
According to the report, the footage of the camera in a local bank
branch at the scene of crime for the time of the murder cannot be
restored.
Lawyer Fethiye Cetin, joint attorney of the Dink family, declared,
"The part of the Akbank video records of the morning and the afternoon
on the day of the incident is missing. The incident happened during
the term of office of Selim Kutkan at the Anti-Terror Branch. The
footage was lost. We file a criminal complaint about Kutkan".
Defendant Hayal requests protection Defendant Yasin Hayal told Court
President Rustem Ery覺lmaz, "I am being disturbed by the residents
in my neighbourhood. I am fed up. I am being beaten. The whole lot of
Pelitli [district of Trabzon, Black Sea coast] is threatening me. They
say 'We are going to strangle you and tear you into pieces'. I have
no strength left to endure any longer. I want protection. I am being
oppressed".
Tuncel: I am not in!
Plaintiff lawyer Hakan Bak覺rc覺oglu reminded what defendant Erhan
Tuncel said to the Trabzon Police prior to the murder. Tuncel had
stated, "I am not in if Dink is going to be killed. You are betting
on the wrong horse". Laywer Bak覺rc覺oglu asked Tuncel whether he
wanted to say that they should not turn a blind eye to this issue
and Tuncel confirmed that.
After projecting the camera records of the day of the murder in the
court room, Plaintiff lawyer Cetin assessed, "In our opinion, the
person next to Samast is Osman Hayal". Hayal's lawyer Eda Salman on
the other hand ridiculed Cetin's evaluation by saying, "And I think
this person resembles Ahmet Kaya".
Tuncel's lawyer Erdogan Soruklu referred to the words of Ahmet
Samast, father of triggerman suspect Ogun Samast who had said,
"The Gendarmerie commander knows where Samast is". In this context,
he voiced their demands and particularly the request to determine
the role of the gendarmerie in the murder. (EO/VK)
From: A. Papazian