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    FORMER POLICE OFFICIAL SENT TO PRISON OVER DINK MURDER

    Anadolu Agency, Turkey
    Feb 27 2015

    27 February 2015 13:26 (Last updated 27 February 2015 22:03)

    Akyurek was charged with negligence on the job at the time of the
    Turkish-Armenian journalist's murder.

    ISTANBUL

    Former head of Turkey's police intelligence, Ramazan Akyurek, has
    been sent to prison late Friday over the murder of Turkish-Armenian
    journalist Hrant Dink, according to police sources.

    Akyurek had been in police detention since Thursday on charges of
    negligence on the job at the time of Dink's murder.

    Earlier Friday, the former intelligence chief was taken to Istanbul's
    Caglayan court for questioning after his lawyer said his client would
    not answer questions at the Ankara police department.

    The Istanbul public prosecutor's office questioned Akyurek for four
    hours at the court and charged him of "causing death by negligent
    behavior," "forgery of official documents," and "malfeasance." The
    prosecutor's office urged the court to order his arrest.

    Dink was one of the founders of the bilingual Turkish-Armenian weekly
    Agos. He was assassinated outside his office in Istanbul on Jan. 19,
    2007.

    His murderer, Ogun Samast, who was 17 years old at the time, was
    tried and convicted in 2011.

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