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New police chief wanted over Dink murder
09:29 ¢ 17.01.15
Newly appointed police chief of Turkey's southeastern district of
Cizre, where at least six people were killed in turmoil, is now wanted
by the court as part of an investigation into the killing of
Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink, Today's Zaman reported.
Ercan Demir, who was appointed as Cizre's district police chief
earlier this year, was presiding over a district where tensions were
running high. Both Interior Minister Efkan Ala and jailed leader of
the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) Abdullah Ocalan warned
against "provocations" in the district.
Demir was questioned as a "suspect" as part of the investigation by
prosecutors in Istanbul courthouse on Jan. 12, but a court released
him pending trial. Ä°stanbul prosecutors appealed the court's decision
and Ä°stanbul's Penal Court of Peace issued an arrest warrant for Demir
on Friday on charges of "negliglence over the murder."
Demir was serving as the Chief of the Intelligence Unit at Trabzon
Police Department when Dink was gunned down.
http://www.tert.am/en/news/2015/01/17/dink-case/1562004
From: A. Papazian
09:29 ¢ 17.01.15
Newly appointed police chief of Turkey's southeastern district of
Cizre, where at least six people were killed in turmoil, is now wanted
by the court as part of an investigation into the killing of
Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink, Today's Zaman reported.
Ercan Demir, who was appointed as Cizre's district police chief
earlier this year, was presiding over a district where tensions were
running high. Both Interior Minister Efkan Ala and jailed leader of
the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) Abdullah Ocalan warned
against "provocations" in the district.
Demir was questioned as a "suspect" as part of the investigation by
prosecutors in Istanbul courthouse on Jan. 12, but a court released
him pending trial. Ä°stanbul prosecutors appealed the court's decision
and Ä°stanbul's Penal Court of Peace issued an arrest warrant for Demir
on Friday on charges of "negliglence over the murder."
Demir was serving as the Chief of the Intelligence Unit at Trabzon
Police Department when Dink was gunned down.
http://www.tert.am/en/news/2015/01/17/dink-case/1562004
From: A. Papazian