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    Middle East Monitor
    Jan 17 2015


    Turkish court issues arrest warrant for senior police officers over
    journalist's death

    Saturday, 17 January 2015 14:30

    The Magistrates' and Penalty Court in Istanbul has issued arrest
    warrants for two senior police officers in connection with the killing
    of Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink. Anadolu reported on Friday
    that the warrants allege that the officers "did not take the necessary
    precautions" to prevent Dink's assassination.

    Former Police Chief Ã-zkan Mumcu and Officer Muhittin Zenit face arrest
    and trial. The court said that the accused had had prior knowledge of
    the assassination plan and had not acted to take the necessary
    precautions to stop it.

    Mumcu and Zenit provided statements to Investigating Prosecutor Gökalp
    Kökçü on December 26. The magistrate imposed a ban on Mumcu and Zenit
    leaving the country and discharged them. However, Kökçü appealed
    against the decision and requested new arrest warrants. It is expected
    that both of the accused will be remanded in prison when they are
    arrested.

    Judge Fevzi KeleÅ? said that there were records of Zenit's phone calls
    to murder suspect Erhan Tuncel, and that he was aware that the
    assassination would take place.

    Dink was assassinated in January 19, 2007 in front of his office. It
    is believed that he was killed because his newspaper used the term
    "genocide" to refer to the massacre of Armenians in 1915 by the
    Ottoman authorities. Turkey refuses to accept that the killings were
    on such a scale to warrant the term genocide.

    https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/news/europe/16411-turkish-court-issues-arrest-warrant-for-senior-police-officers-over-journalists-death




    From: A. Papazian
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