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'STATE WATCHDOG'S DINK REPORT NOT ANNOUNCED DUE TO MÄ°T CRISIS'
Today's Zaman
Feb 22 2012
Turkey
The summary of a report prepared by the State Audit Institution
(DDK) regarding the murder of Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink,
which reveals that mistakes were made in the investigation of public
officials who were suspected of having acted negligently in preventing
the murder -- was completed on Feb. 2 but was published 18 days later
on Monday.
The reason for announcing the important report 18 days after its
completion has been interpreted by some as a move to not harm the
National Intelligence Organization (MÄ°T) while the country was shaken
by MÄ°T Undersecretary Hakan Fidan being called by prosecutors to
testify in a terrorism-related case, the AkÅ~_am daily claimed on
Wednesday.
The DDK's report reveals that mistakes were made in the investigation
of public officials who were suspected of having acted negligently
in preventing the murder. The summary of the DDK report was posted
on the website of the Presidency on Monday.
Dink, the late editor-in-chief of Agos, was shot dead by an
ultranationalist teenager outside the offices of his newspaper in
broad daylight in Ä°stanbul on Jan. 19, 2007. The investigation into
his murder stalled when the suspected perpetrator and his accomplices
were put on trial as those who masterminded the plot to kill him have
yet to be exposed and punished. In the face of growing calls from the
public and a European Court of Human Rights (ECtCR) ruling that found
Turkey guilty of failing to protect Dink's right to life and of not
carrying out a thorough investigation into the officers who failed
to take the necessary measures despite early warnings and tip-offs
about the plot to kill Dink, Gul ordered the DDK to investigate Dink's
murder last year.
The investigation that followed Dink's death revealed that the police
had been tipped off about the plans to murder the journalist, but
that they failed to intervene. The summary of the DDK report said the
sequence of negligent acts by public officials was not examined as a
whole and no investigation was launched separately into different state
institutions. It said the method adopted during the investigation
of public officials led to the failure of not investigating all
allegations about public officials as a whole.
Today's Zaman
Feb 22 2012
Turkey
The summary of a report prepared by the State Audit Institution
(DDK) regarding the murder of Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink,
which reveals that mistakes were made in the investigation of public
officials who were suspected of having acted negligently in preventing
the murder -- was completed on Feb. 2 but was published 18 days later
on Monday.
The reason for announcing the important report 18 days after its
completion has been interpreted by some as a move to not harm the
National Intelligence Organization (MÄ°T) while the country was shaken
by MÄ°T Undersecretary Hakan Fidan being called by prosecutors to
testify in a terrorism-related case, the AkÅ~_am daily claimed on
Wednesday.
The DDK's report reveals that mistakes were made in the investigation
of public officials who were suspected of having acted negligently
in preventing the murder. The summary of the DDK report was posted
on the website of the Presidency on Monday.
Dink, the late editor-in-chief of Agos, was shot dead by an
ultranationalist teenager outside the offices of his newspaper in
broad daylight in Ä°stanbul on Jan. 19, 2007. The investigation into
his murder stalled when the suspected perpetrator and his accomplices
were put on trial as those who masterminded the plot to kill him have
yet to be exposed and punished. In the face of growing calls from the
public and a European Court of Human Rights (ECtCR) ruling that found
Turkey guilty of failing to protect Dink's right to life and of not
carrying out a thorough investigation into the officers who failed
to take the necessary measures despite early warnings and tip-offs
about the plot to kill Dink, Gul ordered the DDK to investigate Dink's
murder last year.
The investigation that followed Dink's death revealed that the police
had been tipped off about the plans to murder the journalist, but
that they failed to intervene. The summary of the DDK report said the
sequence of negligent acts by public officials was not examined as a
whole and no investigation was launched separately into different state
institutions. It said the method adopted during the investigation
of public officials led to the failure of not investigating all
allegations about public officials as a whole.