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SECRET WITNESS SPEAKS ABOUT GENDARMERIE'S INVOLVEMENT IN HRANT DINK'S MURDER
TERT.AM
21.03.13
The secret witness in the Agos editor-in-chief Hrant Dink's murder
case with codename Baris has given testimonies.
The Turkish-Armenian Agos paper based in Istanbul says the witness has
claimed that the murderer Ogun Samast had links with the leadership
of Istanbul gendarmerie which assisted him in the murder.
He also claimed that Giresun Gendarmerie Regional Commander Gen.
Dursun Ali Karaduman played a role in the assassination. He claimed
that the initial plan was to take Samast to Azerbaijan through Artvin's
Hopa district after the murder. The secret witness claimed that
gendarmerie intelligence units had been monitoring Dink since 2003.
The secret witness claimed that Samast was accompanied by an officer
from the Trabzon Gendarmerie Command on his way to Istanbul, where
his accommodation needs were met by another officer. The officer from
Trabzon also surveyed the Agos office. He said a Gendarmerie officer
bought a bus ticket to Artvin.
Samast also had two GSM cards on him that day, but these were
later destroyed. He claimed that the two cards were seized by the
gendarmerie shortly after Samast was captured and put in prison. "The
murder weapon was also changed. The gun they found on Samast and the
one that was used in the murder aren't the same guns," Baris said.
According to the secret witness, retired Gen. Veli Kucuk, a prime
suspect in the trial regarding the clandestine coup-plotting gang
Ergenekon and retired Col. Ali Oz, formerly head of the Trabzon
Gendarmerie Command, as well as Giresun Regional Gendarmerie Commander
Karaduman also played a role in the murder. Oz is already a suspect
in the Dink investigation. Other secret witnesses have indicated that
he warned gendarmerie officers who had to testify in the trial to
"not talk." Secret witness BarıÅ~_ said Kucuk and Karaduman often
had meetings.
TERT.AM
21.03.13
The secret witness in the Agos editor-in-chief Hrant Dink's murder
case with codename Baris has given testimonies.
The Turkish-Armenian Agos paper based in Istanbul says the witness has
claimed that the murderer Ogun Samast had links with the leadership
of Istanbul gendarmerie which assisted him in the murder.
He also claimed that Giresun Gendarmerie Regional Commander Gen.
Dursun Ali Karaduman played a role in the assassination. He claimed
that the initial plan was to take Samast to Azerbaijan through Artvin's
Hopa district after the murder. The secret witness claimed that
gendarmerie intelligence units had been monitoring Dink since 2003.
The secret witness claimed that Samast was accompanied by an officer
from the Trabzon Gendarmerie Command on his way to Istanbul, where
his accommodation needs were met by another officer. The officer from
Trabzon also surveyed the Agos office. He said a Gendarmerie officer
bought a bus ticket to Artvin.
Samast also had two GSM cards on him that day, but these were
later destroyed. He claimed that the two cards were seized by the
gendarmerie shortly after Samast was captured and put in prison. "The
murder weapon was also changed. The gun they found on Samast and the
one that was used in the murder aren't the same guns," Baris said.
According to the secret witness, retired Gen. Veli Kucuk, a prime
suspect in the trial regarding the clandestine coup-plotting gang
Ergenekon and retired Col. Ali Oz, formerly head of the Trabzon
Gendarmerie Command, as well as Giresun Regional Gendarmerie Commander
Karaduman also played a role in the murder. Oz is already a suspect
in the Dink investigation. Other secret witnesses have indicated that
he warned gendarmerie officers who had to testify in the trial to
"not talk." Secret witness BarıÅ~_ said Kucuk and Karaduman often
had meetings.