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FORMER ISTANBUL POLICE CHIEF HEARD IN DINK MURDER SCANDAL
Anadolu Agency (AA), Turkey
December 15, 2014 Monday
Celalettin Cerrah was interrogated by prosecutors about alleged police
failure to take action in the murder of Hrant Dink
ISTANBUL
Former Istanbul Police Chief Celalettin Cerrah was interrogated by
prosecutors on Monday in an ongoing negligence probe related to the
murder of Hrant Dink.
Nine officials have been questioned about the alleged police inaction
prior to the murder of Hrant Dink, a prominent Turkish-Armenian
journalist who was killed in 2007.
Dink's murderer, Ogun Samast, who was 17-years-old at the time,
has been tried and convicted.
But Istanbul Prosecutor Yusuf Hakki Dogan is still questioning suspects
about suspected police negligence prior to Dink's murder.
Other high-profile figures questioned last week include former Ýstanbul
Vice Governor Ergun Gungor and former Istanbul Police Department
Intelligence Unit Chief Ahmet Ilhan Guler. Samast himself has also
been interrogated.
Dink was the editor-in-chief of the weekly Agos, and was considered
to be among the most prominent Armenian voices in Turkey.
Samast, who was sentenced to 23 years in prison in 2011, said in his
defense that he killed Dink for insulting "Turkishness."
Yasin Hayal was sentenced to aggravated life sentence in January 2012
for inciting Samast to murder.
He had been acquitted of charges related to leading a terrorist
organization, but the ruling was overturned.
He was also given a three-month jail term for threatening Orhan Pamuk,
renowned Turkish author and Nobel laureate.
Anadolu Agency (AA), Turkey
December 15, 2014 Monday
Celalettin Cerrah was interrogated by prosecutors about alleged police
failure to take action in the murder of Hrant Dink
ISTANBUL
Former Istanbul Police Chief Celalettin Cerrah was interrogated by
prosecutors on Monday in an ongoing negligence probe related to the
murder of Hrant Dink.
Nine officials have been questioned about the alleged police inaction
prior to the murder of Hrant Dink, a prominent Turkish-Armenian
journalist who was killed in 2007.
Dink's murderer, Ogun Samast, who was 17-years-old at the time,
has been tried and convicted.
But Istanbul Prosecutor Yusuf Hakki Dogan is still questioning suspects
about suspected police negligence prior to Dink's murder.
Other high-profile figures questioned last week include former Ýstanbul
Vice Governor Ergun Gungor and former Istanbul Police Department
Intelligence Unit Chief Ahmet Ilhan Guler. Samast himself has also
been interrogated.
Dink was the editor-in-chief of the weekly Agos, and was considered
to be among the most prominent Armenian voices in Turkey.
Samast, who was sentenced to 23 years in prison in 2011, said in his
defense that he killed Dink for insulting "Turkishness."
Yasin Hayal was sentenced to aggravated life sentence in January 2012
for inciting Samast to murder.
He had been acquitted of charges related to leading a terrorist
organization, but the ruling was overturned.
He was also given a three-month jail term for threatening Orhan Pamuk,
renowned Turkish author and Nobel laureate.