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Daily Sabah, Turkey
Nov 8 2014
FORMER POLICE CHIEF `SUSPECT' IN JOURNALIST'S MURDER
Daily Sabah
ISTANBUL ' Prosecutors summoned Istanbul's former police chief,
Celalettin Cerrah, yesterday to interrogate him about the 2007 murder
of Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink.
Cerrah and former head of Istanbul police's intelligence department,
Ahmet Ä°lhan Güler, will be treated as "suspects" in the case although
no charges granting their arrest have yet been pressed. Cerrah and
Güler may be detained if they refuse to visit the prosecutor's office
for interrogation.
Prosecutors will also hear from seven other officials from the police
department and governorate with regard to possible negligence in the
murder. Last month, the Justice Ministry annulled the verdict of
nonsuit for Cerrah and other officials, paving the way for their trial
for failing to prevent the murder.
Hrant Dink, editor-in-chief of the Turkish daily Agos, was murdered
outside his office by 17-year-old Ogün Samast on January 19 2007. An
earlier investigation showed that the prosecutors who worked on the
case ignored serious allegations into the involvement of top police
officers in the murder.
The prosecutors are accused of having ties with the Gülen Movement, a
group whose widespread infiltration of the judiciary and police
enabled them to influence cases or fabricate them for their own
interests. Prosecutors allegedly dismissed allegations against Ramazan
Akyürek and Ali Fuat Yılmazer, two senior police officers linked to
the Gülen Movement. Akyürek and Yılmazer are accused of helping the
murder suspects.
http://www.dailysabah.com/investigations/2014/11/07/former-police-chief-suspect-in-journalists-murder
Nov 8 2014
FORMER POLICE CHIEF `SUSPECT' IN JOURNALIST'S MURDER
Daily Sabah
ISTANBUL ' Prosecutors summoned Istanbul's former police chief,
Celalettin Cerrah, yesterday to interrogate him about the 2007 murder
of Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink.
Cerrah and former head of Istanbul police's intelligence department,
Ahmet Ä°lhan Güler, will be treated as "suspects" in the case although
no charges granting their arrest have yet been pressed. Cerrah and
Güler may be detained if they refuse to visit the prosecutor's office
for interrogation.
Prosecutors will also hear from seven other officials from the police
department and governorate with regard to possible negligence in the
murder. Last month, the Justice Ministry annulled the verdict of
nonsuit for Cerrah and other officials, paving the way for their trial
for failing to prevent the murder.
Hrant Dink, editor-in-chief of the Turkish daily Agos, was murdered
outside his office by 17-year-old Ogün Samast on January 19 2007. An
earlier investigation showed that the prosecutors who worked on the
case ignored serious allegations into the involvement of top police
officers in the murder.
The prosecutors are accused of having ties with the Gülen Movement, a
group whose widespread infiltration of the judiciary and police
enabled them to influence cases or fabricate them for their own
interests. Prosecutors allegedly dismissed allegations against Ramazan
Akyürek and Ali Fuat Yılmazer, two senior police officers linked to
the Gülen Movement. Akyürek and Yılmazer are accused of helping the
murder suspects.
http://www.dailysabah.com/investigations/2014/11/07/former-police-chief-suspect-in-journalists-murder