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Dailiy Sabah, Turkey
July 21 2014
TIP-OFF IGNORED IN HRANT DINK MURDER
Daily Sabah
ISTANBUL ` Sabri Uzun, the former head of the Turkish National Police
Intelligence Department, claimed his subordinates hid tip-offs warning
of plans to murder Hrant Dink, a Turkish-Armenian journalist
assassinated in 2007.
According to a report in the Turkish daily Hürriyet, during his
interrogation in May, Uzun said an intelligence report regarding a
plot to kill Dink was "kept hidden" from him by Ali Fuat Yılmazer, his
subordinate in the intelligence department.
Uzun also claimed the Dink murder served as a launch pad for other
police operations such as Ergenekon and Sledgehammer (Balyoz), whose
defendants were accused of plotting to overthrow the government. He
said the murder was blamed on Ergenekon defendants while it was the
work of a "secret group trying to convince people of the existence of
the Ergenekon organization."
Yılmazer is accused of having ties with the Gülen Movement. The
influential movement led by controversial cleric Fethullah Gülen is
accused of running a "parallel state" through its followers in the
judiciary and law enforcement. The Ergenekon investigation conducted
by Gülenist prosecutors and police chiefs was criticized for using
fabricated evidence to imprison people who revealed the extent of
Gülenist infiltration in state agencies.
http://www.dailysabah.com/nation/2014/07/22/tipoff-ignored-in-hrant-dink-murder
July 21 2014
TIP-OFF IGNORED IN HRANT DINK MURDER
Daily Sabah
ISTANBUL ` Sabri Uzun, the former head of the Turkish National Police
Intelligence Department, claimed his subordinates hid tip-offs warning
of plans to murder Hrant Dink, a Turkish-Armenian journalist
assassinated in 2007.
According to a report in the Turkish daily Hürriyet, during his
interrogation in May, Uzun said an intelligence report regarding a
plot to kill Dink was "kept hidden" from him by Ali Fuat Yılmazer, his
subordinate in the intelligence department.
Uzun also claimed the Dink murder served as a launch pad for other
police operations such as Ergenekon and Sledgehammer (Balyoz), whose
defendants were accused of plotting to overthrow the government. He
said the murder was blamed on Ergenekon defendants while it was the
work of a "secret group trying to convince people of the existence of
the Ergenekon organization."
Yılmazer is accused of having ties with the Gülen Movement. The
influential movement led by controversial cleric Fethullah Gülen is
accused of running a "parallel state" through its followers in the
judiciary and law enforcement. The Ergenekon investigation conducted
by Gülenist prosecutors and police chiefs was criticized for using
fabricated evidence to imprison people who revealed the extent of
Gülenist infiltration in state agencies.
http://www.dailysabah.com/nation/2014/07/22/tipoff-ignored-in-hrant-dink-murder