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HRANT DINK MURDER CASE DEEPENS WITH NEW TESTIMONIES
20:22 â~@¢ 09.12.14
The list of suspects in the murder case of Hrant Dink, a
Turkish-Armenian journalist killed in 2007 in Istanbul, has been
broadened, with the court listening to more high-ranking officials
amid a move to merge the case of the convicted shooter with that of
the alleged instigators, the Hurriyet Daily News reports.
Ergun Gungör, the Istanbul deputy governor at the time, testified
on Dec. 9 at an Istanbul court as a suspect accused of negligence.
A day earlier, Ahmet Ä°lhan Guler, the then-chief of police
intelligence, testified. The then-Trabzon police chief ReÅ~_at Altay
has also been called to testify, while former Istanbul police chief
Celalettin Cerrah, along with seven others, are expected to appear
in court soon.
A Bakırköy district court in Istanbul canceled the dismissal of
charges against officials on June 6, handing the case to the Istanbul
chief public prosecutor's office.
Another court decision ruled to combine convicted assailant Ogun
Samast's case at the juvenile court with a case at the fifth high
criminal court, in which Yusuf Hayal and Erhan Tuncel are accused of
convincing Samast in the Black Sea province of Trabzon to shoot Dink
in Istanbul.
"I will speak up," Samast, who was 17 years old when he shot Dink in
front of the latter's office on Jan. 19, 2007, was quoted as saying
in daily Taraf late last month. His words came in a letter sent to
the prosecutor in charge of the investigation.
Civil servants and institutions allegedly implicated in the murder
of Dink should be investigated, the Constitutional Court stated in
a detailed ruling on the case on Nov. 12
http://www.tert.am/en/news/2014/12/09/dink/1530977
20:22 â~@¢ 09.12.14
The list of suspects in the murder case of Hrant Dink, a
Turkish-Armenian journalist killed in 2007 in Istanbul, has been
broadened, with the court listening to more high-ranking officials
amid a move to merge the case of the convicted shooter with that of
the alleged instigators, the Hurriyet Daily News reports.
Ergun Gungör, the Istanbul deputy governor at the time, testified
on Dec. 9 at an Istanbul court as a suspect accused of negligence.
A day earlier, Ahmet Ä°lhan Guler, the then-chief of police
intelligence, testified. The then-Trabzon police chief ReÅ~_at Altay
has also been called to testify, while former Istanbul police chief
Celalettin Cerrah, along with seven others, are expected to appear
in court soon.
A Bakırköy district court in Istanbul canceled the dismissal of
charges against officials on June 6, handing the case to the Istanbul
chief public prosecutor's office.
Another court decision ruled to combine convicted assailant Ogun
Samast's case at the juvenile court with a case at the fifth high
criminal court, in which Yusuf Hayal and Erhan Tuncel are accused of
convincing Samast in the Black Sea province of Trabzon to shoot Dink
in Istanbul.
"I will speak up," Samast, who was 17 years old when he shot Dink in
front of the latter's office on Jan. 19, 2007, was quoted as saying
in daily Taraf late last month. His words came in a letter sent to
the prosecutor in charge of the investigation.
Civil servants and institutions allegedly implicated in the murder
of Dink should be investigated, the Constitutional Court stated in
a detailed ruling on the case on Nov. 12
http://www.tert.am/en/news/2014/12/09/dink/1530977