Tweet
Today's Zaman, Turkey
March 2 2014
Zirve Publishing House, Dink, Santoro murders carried out by TUSHAD,
says prosecutor
2 March 2014 /TODAY'S ZAMAN.COM, ?Ä?°STANBUL
A prosecutor's report stated that three high-profile murders in the
country were ordered by the National Strategies and Operations
Department of Turkey (TUSHAD), according to Turkish news outlets on
Sunday.
The report, which was issued by the public prosecutor of the Malatya
3rd High Criminal Court, alleges that the Zirve Publishing House
massacre, the murder of Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink and the
killing of Italian Catholic priest Andrea Santoro had all been
orchestrated by TUSHAD.
Three employees of the Christian Zirve Publishing House were tortured
and murdered in 2007 in the province of Malatya. Dink was murdered by
a young ultranationalist outside his office in ?Ä?°stanbul, while Santoro
was killed in a church in the eastern Black Sea province of Trabzon in
2006.
There was extensive speculation that the murders were linked as they
had occurred approximately within a year of each other and targeted
Christians.
TUSHAD is an alleged clandestine organization under the umbrella of
the Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) which prosecutors in the Ergenekon
trials argued was founded by retired Gen. Hur?Å?it Tolon. Tolon, who was
sentenced to life imprisonment in the Ergenekon trials last year,
denied that the organization exists.
http://www.todayszaman.com/news-340933-zirve-publishing-house-dink-santoro-murders-carried-out-by-tushad-says-prosecutor.html
From: Baghdasarian
March 2 2014
Zirve Publishing House, Dink, Santoro murders carried out by TUSHAD,
says prosecutor
2 March 2014 /TODAY'S ZAMAN.COM, ?Ä?°STANBUL
A prosecutor's report stated that three high-profile murders in the
country were ordered by the National Strategies and Operations
Department of Turkey (TUSHAD), according to Turkish news outlets on
Sunday.
The report, which was issued by the public prosecutor of the Malatya
3rd High Criminal Court, alleges that the Zirve Publishing House
massacre, the murder of Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink and the
killing of Italian Catholic priest Andrea Santoro had all been
orchestrated by TUSHAD.
Three employees of the Christian Zirve Publishing House were tortured
and murdered in 2007 in the province of Malatya. Dink was murdered by
a young ultranationalist outside his office in ?Ä?°stanbul, while Santoro
was killed in a church in the eastern Black Sea province of Trabzon in
2006.
There was extensive speculation that the murders were linked as they
had occurred approximately within a year of each other and targeted
Christians.
TUSHAD is an alleged clandestine organization under the umbrella of
the Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) which prosecutors in the Ergenekon
trials argued was founded by retired Gen. Hur?Å?it Tolon. Tolon, who was
sentenced to life imprisonment in the Ergenekon trials last year,
denied that the organization exists.
http://www.todayszaman.com/news-340933-zirve-publishing-house-dink-santoro-murders-carried-out-by-tushad-says-prosecutor.html
From: Baghdasarian