Anadolu Agency (AA), Turkey
January 25, 2013 Friday
New evidence in Zirve murders
Relative of a defendant handed a hard disc to the police department in
Kirsehir. MALATYA New evidence has been discovered in the Zirve
Yayinevi case in which three people, including a German national had
been stabbed to death in the eastern province of Malatya. Zirve
Yayinevi was a firm publishing Bibles until the raid on April 18,
2007.
One of the nine defendants Haydar Yesil's brother-in-law found a hard
disc belonging to Yesil and handed it to Kirsehir Police Department on
Friday. Haydar Yesil, who was also a soldier is in prison.
Following expert review, authorities stated that footage of the
suspects' meetings on missionary activities in Turkey, telephone call
records in the aftermath of the murders, footage of the protests
following the murder of Armenian journalist Hrant Dink, information
and documents related to Armenians and the Fethullah Gulen
congregation, a "missionary diagram" showing the locations of the
missionaries were found in the disc. The information and footage
found in the hard disc were added to the corroborating evidence to be
presented to court.
January 25, 2013 Friday
New evidence in Zirve murders
Relative of a defendant handed a hard disc to the police department in
Kirsehir. MALATYA New evidence has been discovered in the Zirve
Yayinevi case in which three people, including a German national had
been stabbed to death in the eastern province of Malatya. Zirve
Yayinevi was a firm publishing Bibles until the raid on April 18,
2007.
One of the nine defendants Haydar Yesil's brother-in-law found a hard
disc belonging to Yesil and handed it to Kirsehir Police Department on
Friday. Haydar Yesil, who was also a soldier is in prison.
Following expert review, authorities stated that footage of the
suspects' meetings on missionary activities in Turkey, telephone call
records in the aftermath of the murders, footage of the protests
following the murder of Armenian journalist Hrant Dink, information
and documents related to Armenians and the Fethullah Gulen
congregation, a "missionary diagram" showing the locations of the
missionaries were found in the disc. The information and footage
found in the hard disc were added to the corroborating evidence to be
presented to court.