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OFFICIAL ACCUSED OF NEGLIGENCE IN DINK CASE REINSTATED IN TURKEY
Hurriyet
May 9 2011
Turkey
Hrant Dink was shot in front of his Istanbul office in January 2007.
Hurriyet photo
A local Ankara court decided Monday to return Ramazan Akyurek, the
former head of the Central Police Intelligence Unit, to his post,
dismissing accusations of negligence in the murder of Hrant Dink
in 2007.
"The investigation conducted by inspectors did not prove any negativity
about Ramazan Akyurek," the court said in its ruling.
The court also annulled Akyurek's appointment as an expert to the
Security General Directorate's strategy development division due to the
Interior Ministry's failure to provide information on his replacement.
Erhan Tuncel, a former police informant in the Black Sea province
of Trabzon, has said he continually warned the Trabzon police
about threats to Dink's life prior to the murder in Istanbul of the
Armenian-Turkish journalist. It was subsequently found that Akyurek,
the chief of police in Trabzon at the time, conveyed only one warning
out of 11 to the Istanbul Police Department, the Turkish media reported
in January.
Based on those accusations, the Interior Ministry removed Akyurek from
his position in October. Akyurek appealed to the local court in Ankara,
saying the ministry's decision was illegal, unjust and unreasonable.
Dink, a Turkish journalist of Armenian origin, was the chief editor
for weekly Agos, a paper published in both Turkish and Armenian. He
was shot in front of his Istanbul office in January 2007. Ogun Samast
stands accused of pulling the trigger, but questions linger about
the real masterminds behind Dink's death.
From: A. Papazian
Hurriyet
May 9 2011
Turkey
Hrant Dink was shot in front of his Istanbul office in January 2007.
Hurriyet photo
A local Ankara court decided Monday to return Ramazan Akyurek, the
former head of the Central Police Intelligence Unit, to his post,
dismissing accusations of negligence in the murder of Hrant Dink
in 2007.
"The investigation conducted by inspectors did not prove any negativity
about Ramazan Akyurek," the court said in its ruling.
The court also annulled Akyurek's appointment as an expert to the
Security General Directorate's strategy development division due to the
Interior Ministry's failure to provide information on his replacement.
Erhan Tuncel, a former police informant in the Black Sea province
of Trabzon, has said he continually warned the Trabzon police
about threats to Dink's life prior to the murder in Istanbul of the
Armenian-Turkish journalist. It was subsequently found that Akyurek,
the chief of police in Trabzon at the time, conveyed only one warning
out of 11 to the Istanbul Police Department, the Turkish media reported
in January.
Based on those accusations, the Interior Ministry removed Akyurek from
his position in October. Akyurek appealed to the local court in Ankara,
saying the ministry's decision was illegal, unjust and unreasonable.
Dink, a Turkish journalist of Armenian origin, was the chief editor
for weekly Agos, a paper published in both Turkish and Armenian. He
was shot in front of his Istanbul office in January 2007. Ogun Samast
stands accused of pulling the trigger, but questions linger about
the real masterminds behind Dink's death.
From: A. Papazian