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OFFICIALS MAY FACE PROBE FOR HRANT DINK MURDER
Hurriyet, Turkey
June 6 2014
İsmail Saymaz
ISTANBUL / Radikal
A man holds a portrait slain journalist Turkish-Armenian journalist
Hrant Dink on April 24 as he takes part in a commemorative march in
honour of Armenian intellectuals who were deported under under the
Ottoman rule during the World War I. AFP Photo / Ozan Köse
Key officials could face a probe regarding the murder of
Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink on charges of intent or
negligence after an Istanbul court overturned a previous ruling.
An Istanbul court has lifted a previous decision, which has ruled
there was no need for sanctions against the former deputy governor
of Istanbul, Ergun Gungör, Istanbul Police Chief Celalettin Cerrah,
former Istanbul Police Department Intelligence Head Ahmet İlhan
Guler and six police officers regarding the 2007 assassination.
The court recommended an investigation into nine officials following a
European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) decision. A lawyer for the Dink
family, Hasan Bakırcıoglu, confirmed that it is now legally possible
for a probe against Gungör, Cerrah, Guler and six police officers.
Dink, the highly esteemed former editor-in-chief of weekly Agos, was
murdered in broad daylight in front of his newspaper's building on
Jan. 19, 2007, by a 17-year-old Turkish nationalist. The triggerman,
Ogun Samast, was convicted of premeditated murder and sentenced to
22 years and 10 months of prison after a two year-trial, but lawyers
representing the Dink family have repeatedly expressed their dismay
over the way the investigations and the trial were conducted.
His assassination sent shockwaves through Turkey and grew into a
wider scandal after it emerged that the security forces knew of a
plot to kill Dink, but failed to act.
Backing up widespread accusations of a state conspiracy, another key
figure in the trial, Erhan Tuncel, claimed in December 2013 that he had
informed the police of the plan, but that his warnings went unheeded.
There have been suggestions that the killing was a result of "deep
state" work, but the court said there was no organization behind the
murder. According to reports, Dink was called to a police department
and "warned" about the plot against him, fueling belief that the
murder was known by some institutions within the state beforehand.
June/06/2014
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/officials-may-face-probe-for-hrant-dink-murder-.aspx?pageID=238&nID=67512&NewsCatID=339
Hurriyet, Turkey
June 6 2014
İsmail Saymaz
ISTANBUL / Radikal
A man holds a portrait slain journalist Turkish-Armenian journalist
Hrant Dink on April 24 as he takes part in a commemorative march in
honour of Armenian intellectuals who were deported under under the
Ottoman rule during the World War I. AFP Photo / Ozan Köse
Key officials could face a probe regarding the murder of
Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink on charges of intent or
negligence after an Istanbul court overturned a previous ruling.
An Istanbul court has lifted a previous decision, which has ruled
there was no need for sanctions against the former deputy governor
of Istanbul, Ergun Gungör, Istanbul Police Chief Celalettin Cerrah,
former Istanbul Police Department Intelligence Head Ahmet İlhan
Guler and six police officers regarding the 2007 assassination.
The court recommended an investigation into nine officials following a
European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) decision. A lawyer for the Dink
family, Hasan Bakırcıoglu, confirmed that it is now legally possible
for a probe against Gungör, Cerrah, Guler and six police officers.
Dink, the highly esteemed former editor-in-chief of weekly Agos, was
murdered in broad daylight in front of his newspaper's building on
Jan. 19, 2007, by a 17-year-old Turkish nationalist. The triggerman,
Ogun Samast, was convicted of premeditated murder and sentenced to
22 years and 10 months of prison after a two year-trial, but lawyers
representing the Dink family have repeatedly expressed their dismay
over the way the investigations and the trial were conducted.
His assassination sent shockwaves through Turkey and grew into a
wider scandal after it emerged that the security forces knew of a
plot to kill Dink, but failed to act.
Backing up widespread accusations of a state conspiracy, another key
figure in the trial, Erhan Tuncel, claimed in December 2013 that he had
informed the police of the plan, but that his warnings went unheeded.
There have been suggestions that the killing was a result of "deep
state" work, but the court said there was no organization behind the
murder. According to reports, Dink was called to a police department
and "warned" about the plot against him, fueling belief that the
murder was known by some institutions within the state beforehand.
June/06/2014
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/officials-may-face-probe-for-hrant-dink-murder-.aspx?pageID=238&nID=67512&NewsCatID=339