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ARREST WARRANT ISSUED FOR POLICE CHIEF IN HRANT DINK MURDER
Daily Sabah, Turkey
Jan 16 2015
DAILY SABAH
An arrest warrant has been issued for Cizre Police Chief Ercan Demir
on Friday as part of ongoing investigation into the murder of Turkish
Armenian journalist Hrant Dink.
Demir, who was a police officer in Trabzon's branch of the Turkish
National Police at the time of the 2007 murder of Hrant Dink, provided
a statement to investigating Prosecutor Gokalp Kokcu on Monday.
Demir has been charged with "failing to carry out an effective probe",
"causing death by negligence."
Two more officers Ozkan Mumcu and Muhittin Zenit were arrested in
the investigation of the murder on Tuesday after an Istanbul court
accepted the prosecutor's request for an arrest.
Dink was shot dead in broad daylight by a teenage ultranationalist
outside the offices of his bilingual Agos newspaper, sending shockwaves
through Turkey.
Ogun Samast, then a 17-year-old jobless high-school dropout, confessed
to the murder and was sentenced to almost 23 years in jail in 2011.
Turkey's top court in July ruled that the investigation into the
killing had been flawed, paving the way for the trial of state
officials who could be implicated in the murder.
Seven other officials, including then Istanbul police chief, are
currently on trial on charges of negligence.
http://www.dailysabah.com/investigations/2015/01/16/arrest-warrant-issued-for-police-chief-in-hrant-dink-murder
Daily Sabah, Turkey
Jan 16 2015
DAILY SABAH
An arrest warrant has been issued for Cizre Police Chief Ercan Demir
on Friday as part of ongoing investigation into the murder of Turkish
Armenian journalist Hrant Dink.
Demir, who was a police officer in Trabzon's branch of the Turkish
National Police at the time of the 2007 murder of Hrant Dink, provided
a statement to investigating Prosecutor Gokalp Kokcu on Monday.
Demir has been charged with "failing to carry out an effective probe",
"causing death by negligence."
Two more officers Ozkan Mumcu and Muhittin Zenit were arrested in
the investigation of the murder on Tuesday after an Istanbul court
accepted the prosecutor's request for an arrest.
Dink was shot dead in broad daylight by a teenage ultranationalist
outside the offices of his bilingual Agos newspaper, sending shockwaves
through Turkey.
Ogun Samast, then a 17-year-old jobless high-school dropout, confessed
to the murder and was sentenced to almost 23 years in jail in 2011.
Turkey's top court in July ruled that the investigation into the
killing had been flawed, paving the way for the trial of state
officials who could be implicated in the murder.
Seven other officials, including then Istanbul police chief, are
currently on trial on charges of negligence.
http://www.dailysabah.com/investigations/2015/01/16/arrest-warrant-issued-for-police-chief-in-hrant-dink-murder