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DINK MURDER SUSPECT SAYS POLICE SHOULD BE CALLED TO ACCOUNT
October 23, 2013 - 18:22 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - One of the main suspects in the assassination of
Turkish-Armenian journalist, Agos weekly editor-in-chief Hrant Dink
in 2007, Erhan Tuncel, whose whereabouts are unknown at the moment,
said he has no intention to escape.
Tuncel reportedly said he is going to produce new facts regarding
the Dink murder and surrender to the authorities.
"This murder showed that there is an organization higher than
Ergenekon, functioning in the country and it prevents exposure of the
crime," he told Star, a Turkish newspaper. "I am a small participle
in this system. But if my arrest was ordered, the others must be
detained too. The gendarmerie of Tranzon should be called to account,
as its role in the murder is great. All knew that Dink is going to
be killed but took no action to prevent it."
Ergenekon is the name given to an alleged clandestine, secularist
ultra-nationalist organization in Turkey with ties to members of
the country's military and security forces. Ergenekon is by some
believed to be part of the "deep state". Alleged members have been
indicted on charges of plotting to foment unrest, among other things
by assassinating intellectuals, politicians, judges, military staff,
and religious leaders, with the ultimate goal of toppling the incumbent
government.
October 23, 2013 - 18:22 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - One of the main suspects in the assassination of
Turkish-Armenian journalist, Agos weekly editor-in-chief Hrant Dink
in 2007, Erhan Tuncel, whose whereabouts are unknown at the moment,
said he has no intention to escape.
Tuncel reportedly said he is going to produce new facts regarding
the Dink murder and surrender to the authorities.
"This murder showed that there is an organization higher than
Ergenekon, functioning in the country and it prevents exposure of the
crime," he told Star, a Turkish newspaper. "I am a small participle
in this system. But if my arrest was ordered, the others must be
detained too. The gendarmerie of Tranzon should be called to account,
as its role in the murder is great. All knew that Dink is going to
be killed but took no action to prevent it."
Ergenekon is the name given to an alleged clandestine, secularist
ultra-nationalist organization in Turkey with ties to members of
the country's military and security forces. Ergenekon is by some
believed to be part of the "deep state". Alleged members have been
indicted on charges of plotting to foment unrest, among other things
by assassinating intellectuals, politicians, judges, military staff,
and religious leaders, with the ultimate goal of toppling the incumbent
government.