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ZIRVE PUBLISHING HOUSE, DINK, SANTORO MURDERS CARRIED OUT BY TUSHAD, SAYS PROSECUTOR
Today's Zaman, Turkey
March 2 2014
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. HurÅ~_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
Today's Zaman, Turkey
March 2 2014
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. HurÅ~_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