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Dink suspect father says state had hand in plot
09:31 ¢ 15.11.11
The father of one of the suspects in the Hrant Dink murder case
claimed Sunday that his son was cajoled by state officials to murder
Dink and threatened to name names.
Bahattin Hayal, the father of suspect Yasin Hayal, who allegedly
instigated the hitman Ogun Samsat to assassinate Dink, expressed doubt
that the case would be resolved in its entirety, Asbarez.com reported,
citing the Hurriyet Daily News.
`I am in full agreement with the Dink family's lawyers. I do not
believe that the dark side of this case will truly come to light. I
cannot look at the faces of the Dink family; it gives me pain,'
Bahattin Hayal told reporters Sunday after the hearing, according to
Hurriyet.
Reportedly, minutes before the latest hearing on the Dink case,
Bahattin Hayal asked to act as a witness, saying he had important
information. His request was denied. `They warned me that I would find
myself in trouble. I told them that I had shared the truth with them,
but they forced me to change my testimony,' Hurriyet quoted Nahattin
Hayal as saying.
The suspect's father calimed that a high-ranking official in the
southeastern province of Mardin has frequently transmitted messages to
him through an intermediary, adding that he would share that
information with the public in near future.
Hayal said the person who coerced his son to kill Dink should reveal
the true identity of his superiors and their connections to the state.
In another development in the Dink case, there are just over two
months left until the phone records relevant to the case are to be
erased. Turkey's Telecommunications Directorate (TÄ°B), which possesses
the records, has refused two court orders to produce the records. A
higher court order for the records resulted in TIB to issue its own
set of demands, again delaying the request.Phone records are only kept
for five years, meaning authorities must convince TÄ°B to release the
transcripts by Jan. 19, 2012, the fifth anniversary of Dink's murder.
The Malatya deputy of the main opposition Republican People's Party
(CHP) has accused the country's Telecommunications Directorate (TÄ°B)
of attempting to hamper the Dink case and accusing the ruling Justice
and Development Party (AKP) of standing behind the body's actions.
`Nearly all state institutions are working to prolong the [trial]
process and to make [people] forget about the murder, rather than
trying to shed light on it,' CHP deputy Veli AÄ?baba told members of
the press in Parliament.
The TÄ°B's behavior bordered on the negligent and intentional, AÄ?baba
said, adding that he TÄ°B's temerity comes from the fact that its
president is protected by the
Tert.am
From: A. Papazian
09:31 ¢ 15.11.11
The father of one of the suspects in the Hrant Dink murder case
claimed Sunday that his son was cajoled by state officials to murder
Dink and threatened to name names.
Bahattin Hayal, the father of suspect Yasin Hayal, who allegedly
instigated the hitman Ogun Samsat to assassinate Dink, expressed doubt
that the case would be resolved in its entirety, Asbarez.com reported,
citing the Hurriyet Daily News.
`I am in full agreement with the Dink family's lawyers. I do not
believe that the dark side of this case will truly come to light. I
cannot look at the faces of the Dink family; it gives me pain,'
Bahattin Hayal told reporters Sunday after the hearing, according to
Hurriyet.
Reportedly, minutes before the latest hearing on the Dink case,
Bahattin Hayal asked to act as a witness, saying he had important
information. His request was denied. `They warned me that I would find
myself in trouble. I told them that I had shared the truth with them,
but they forced me to change my testimony,' Hurriyet quoted Nahattin
Hayal as saying.
The suspect's father calimed that a high-ranking official in the
southeastern province of Mardin has frequently transmitted messages to
him through an intermediary, adding that he would share that
information with the public in near future.
Hayal said the person who coerced his son to kill Dink should reveal
the true identity of his superiors and their connections to the state.
In another development in the Dink case, there are just over two
months left until the phone records relevant to the case are to be
erased. Turkey's Telecommunications Directorate (TÄ°B), which possesses
the records, has refused two court orders to produce the records. A
higher court order for the records resulted in TIB to issue its own
set of demands, again delaying the request.Phone records are only kept
for five years, meaning authorities must convince TÄ°B to release the
transcripts by Jan. 19, 2012, the fifth anniversary of Dink's murder.
The Malatya deputy of the main opposition Republican People's Party
(CHP) has accused the country's Telecommunications Directorate (TÄ°B)
of attempting to hamper the Dink case and accusing the ruling Justice
and Development Party (AKP) of standing behind the body's actions.
`Nearly all state institutions are working to prolong the [trial]
process and to make [people] forget about the murder, rather than
trying to shed light on it,' CHP deputy Veli AÄ?baba told members of
the press in Parliament.
The TÄ°B's behavior bordered on the negligent and intentional, AÄ?baba
said, adding that he TÄ°B's temerity comes from the fact that its
president is protected by the
Tert.am
From: A. Papazian