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SOME PAGES OF TURKISH PRESIDENTIAL WATCHDOG REPORT ON DINK MURDER CENSORED
PanARMENIAN.Net
February 24, 2012 - 18:26 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - The undisclosed sections of a report prepared by the
State Audit Institution (DDK) regarding the murder of Turkish-Armenian
journalist Hrant Dink openly accuse police and intelligence officials
of negligence in the murder and call for the investigation of certain
individuals, Today's Zaman reported, citing Haberturk daily.
The presidential watchdog announced its report earlier this week on
the Office of the President's website. The report said mistakes were
made in the investigation of public officials who were suspected
of having acted negligently in preventing the murder, adding that
a sequence of negligent acts by public officials was not examined
as a whole and that no investigation was launched separately into
different state institutions.
However, six pages of the long-expected report were censored,
reportedly due to state secrecy concerns, arousing curiosity among
the public over what information they contained. Haberturk, claiming
to have obtained the full report, said on Friday, Feb 24 that the
censored sections level serious and explicit accusations against
police and gendarmerie officers and the Istanbul Governor's Office.
The six pages also reportedly say there is sufficient evidence to file
charges of negligence against certain officials in the İstanbul and
Trabzon police departments. The report adds that prosecutors failed to
file charges against members of the National Intelligence Organization
(MİT) who reportedly "warned" Dink to be careful when writing his
articles prior to his assassination in 2007.
Haberturk also reported that the full DDK report underlines that
the Trabzon Police Department sent a notice to the Istanbul Police
Department on Feb. 17, 2006, warning them about an assassination
plot against Dink based on intelligence received from Erhan Tuncel -
a police informant in Trabzon. The report also said this information
was not shared with the Trabzon Gendarmerie Command, although the
plot concerned individuals in the town of Pelitli, which fell under
the gendarmerie command's jurisdiction. Despite this information no
action was taken to prevent the murder, and a fake report was prepared
following Dink's assassination, the report said.
The DDK also reportedly discovered that information about a possible
assassination plot against Dink was received by the Trabzon Gendarmerie
Command from other sources. Although there was clear intelligence that
those plotting to kill Dink were obtaining arms, the gendarmerie did
not give any importance to this information and did not share it with
any judicial body, the report puts forth.
PanARMENIAN.Net
February 24, 2012 - 18:26 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - The undisclosed sections of a report prepared by the
State Audit Institution (DDK) regarding the murder of Turkish-Armenian
journalist Hrant Dink openly accuse police and intelligence officials
of negligence in the murder and call for the investigation of certain
individuals, Today's Zaman reported, citing Haberturk daily.
The presidential watchdog announced its report earlier this week on
the Office of the President's website. The report said mistakes were
made in the investigation of public officials who were suspected
of having acted negligently in preventing the murder, adding that
a sequence of negligent acts by public officials was not examined
as a whole and that no investigation was launched separately into
different state institutions.
However, six pages of the long-expected report were censored,
reportedly due to state secrecy concerns, arousing curiosity among
the public over what information they contained. Haberturk, claiming
to have obtained the full report, said on Friday, Feb 24 that the
censored sections level serious and explicit accusations against
police and gendarmerie officers and the Istanbul Governor's Office.
The six pages also reportedly say there is sufficient evidence to file
charges of negligence against certain officials in the İstanbul and
Trabzon police departments. The report adds that prosecutors failed to
file charges against members of the National Intelligence Organization
(MİT) who reportedly "warned" Dink to be careful when writing his
articles prior to his assassination in 2007.
Haberturk also reported that the full DDK report underlines that
the Trabzon Police Department sent a notice to the Istanbul Police
Department on Feb. 17, 2006, warning them about an assassination
plot against Dink based on intelligence received from Erhan Tuncel -
a police informant in Trabzon. The report also said this information
was not shared with the Trabzon Gendarmerie Command, although the
plot concerned individuals in the town of Pelitli, which fell under
the gendarmerie command's jurisdiction. Despite this information no
action was taken to prevent the murder, and a fake report was prepared
following Dink's assassination, the report said.
The DDK also reportedly discovered that information about a possible
assassination plot against Dink was received by the Trabzon Gendarmerie
Command from other sources. Although there was clear intelligence that
those plotting to kill Dink were obtaining arms, the gendarmerie did
not give any importance to this information and did not share it with
any judicial body, the report puts forth.