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HITMAN IN DINK MURDER TESTIFIES TO PROSECUTOR AS WITNESS
Today's Zaman, Turkey
Dec 3 2014
Ogun Samast, who was sentenced to 21 years, six months in prison in
2011 for assassinating Armenian-Turkish journalist Hrant Dink, is
testifying as a witness in the ongoing investigation into the murder.
Dink was assassinated in broad daylight outside the office of his
Agos newspaper on Jan. 17, 2007.
The convicted hitman was taken from Kandıra Prison and brought to the
Caglayan Courthouse on Friday morning to testify as a witness. The
police have taken strict security measures on the seventh floor of
the courthouse where Samast is delivering his testimony to Prosecutor
Yusuf Hakkı Dogan.
Samast had sent a letter to Dogan saying that he wanted to speak
about the murder. The prosecutor decided to listen to Samast as a
witness in the investigation.
As part of the same investigation, two former heads of the intelligence
unit of the National Police Department -- Sabri Uzun and Ramazan
Akyurek -- and a former police chief, Ali Fuat Yılmazer, testified as
suspects. Other high-profile figures have been called to testify as
suspects, including former Ä°stanbul Police Chief Celalettin Cerrah,
former İstanbul Deputy Governor Ergun Gungör and former İstanbul
Police Department Intelligence Unit Chief Ahmet Ä°lhan Guler.
Dink was shot and killed by an ultranationalist teenager seven years
ago. The hitman, Samast, and 18 others were brought to trial. During
the process, the lawyers for the Dink family and the co-plaintiffs in
the case presented evidence indicating that Samast did not act alone.
Another suspect, Yasin Hayal, was given life in prison for inciting
Samast to murder. However, Erhan Tuncel, who worked as an informant
for the Trabzon Police Department and was the man accused of initiating
the effort to have Dink murdered, was found not guilty.
http://www.todayszaman.com/national_hitman-in-dink-murder-testifies-to-prosecutor-as-witness_366143.html
Today's Zaman, Turkey
Dec 3 2014
Ogun Samast, who was sentenced to 21 years, six months in prison in
2011 for assassinating Armenian-Turkish journalist Hrant Dink, is
testifying as a witness in the ongoing investigation into the murder.
Dink was assassinated in broad daylight outside the office of his
Agos newspaper on Jan. 17, 2007.
The convicted hitman was taken from Kandıra Prison and brought to the
Caglayan Courthouse on Friday morning to testify as a witness. The
police have taken strict security measures on the seventh floor of
the courthouse where Samast is delivering his testimony to Prosecutor
Yusuf Hakkı Dogan.
Samast had sent a letter to Dogan saying that he wanted to speak
about the murder. The prosecutor decided to listen to Samast as a
witness in the investigation.
As part of the same investigation, two former heads of the intelligence
unit of the National Police Department -- Sabri Uzun and Ramazan
Akyurek -- and a former police chief, Ali Fuat Yılmazer, testified as
suspects. Other high-profile figures have been called to testify as
suspects, including former Ä°stanbul Police Chief Celalettin Cerrah,
former İstanbul Deputy Governor Ergun Gungör and former İstanbul
Police Department Intelligence Unit Chief Ahmet Ä°lhan Guler.
Dink was shot and killed by an ultranationalist teenager seven years
ago. The hitman, Samast, and 18 others were brought to trial. During
the process, the lawyers for the Dink family and the co-plaintiffs in
the case presented evidence indicating that Samast did not act alone.
Another suspect, Yasin Hayal, was given life in prison for inciting
Samast to murder. However, Erhan Tuncel, who worked as an informant
for the Trabzon Police Department and was the man accused of initiating
the effort to have Dink murdered, was found not guilty.
http://www.todayszaman.com/national_hitman-in-dink-murder-testifies-to-prosecutor-as-witness_366143.html