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Two Intelligence Officials Investigated for Dink Death
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Thursday, May 5th, 2011
Hrant Dink
ANKARA (Radikal)'Two officials of Turkey's National Intelligence
Organization, or MÄ°T, are reportedly being investigated for having
warned the Istanbul Governor's Office about articles by assassinated
journalist Hrant Dink shortly before he was murdered.
Former MÄ°T Marmara Region Deputy Director Ã-zel Yılmaz and another MÄ°T
functionary working with him are being investigated for having warned
the Governor's Office to `be careful of Dink's articles.' The
investigation turned out to have been approved by the Turkish Prime
Minister Recep Tayyip ErdoÄ?an on Jan. 21.
One week before being murdered, Dink wrote in his Jan. 12, 2007,
article called `Why have I been made a target?' that he had been
`warned' by two people who had defined themselves as `guests' of the
former Deputy Gov. Erol Güngör. One of those two people turned out to
be Yılmaz, who is also a suspect in the Ergenekon investigation.
MÄ°T stated in a letter sent to the high criminal court that is dealing
with Dink's case that the meeting had been done for `informative'
purposes. The Ankara Prosecution Office then asked for the two MÄ°T
officials to be investigated and was granted permission by ErdoÄ?an to
investigate the file on Jan. 22 this year.
Meanwhile, inspectors of the State Audit Board met with the Dink
family on April 25, upon President Abdullah Gül's directive.
The board's chairman Mehment Ä°lhan and three inspectors told the Dink
family they had read all the files and written books. The Dink family
complained the necessary steps had not been taken by the Istanbul and
Trabzon Police Departments and regarding former departmental director
fighting terrorism, Selim Kutkan, who they doubt leaked information to
Ergenekon suspects.
From: A. Papazian
asbarez
Thursday, May 5th, 2011
Hrant Dink
ANKARA (Radikal)'Two officials of Turkey's National Intelligence
Organization, or MÄ°T, are reportedly being investigated for having
warned the Istanbul Governor's Office about articles by assassinated
journalist Hrant Dink shortly before he was murdered.
Former MÄ°T Marmara Region Deputy Director Ã-zel Yılmaz and another MÄ°T
functionary working with him are being investigated for having warned
the Governor's Office to `be careful of Dink's articles.' The
investigation turned out to have been approved by the Turkish Prime
Minister Recep Tayyip ErdoÄ?an on Jan. 21.
One week before being murdered, Dink wrote in his Jan. 12, 2007,
article called `Why have I been made a target?' that he had been
`warned' by two people who had defined themselves as `guests' of the
former Deputy Gov. Erol Güngör. One of those two people turned out to
be Yılmaz, who is also a suspect in the Ergenekon investigation.
MÄ°T stated in a letter sent to the high criminal court that is dealing
with Dink's case that the meeting had been done for `informative'
purposes. The Ankara Prosecution Office then asked for the two MÄ°T
officials to be investigated and was granted permission by ErdoÄ?an to
investigate the file on Jan. 22 this year.
Meanwhile, inspectors of the State Audit Board met with the Dink
family on April 25, upon President Abdullah Gül's directive.
The board's chairman Mehment Ä°lhan and three inspectors told the Dink
family they had read all the files and written books. The Dink family
complained the necessary steps had not been taken by the Istanbul and
Trabzon Police Departments and regarding former departmental director
fighting terrorism, Selim Kutkan, who they doubt leaked information to
Ergenekon suspects.
From: A. Papazian