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The New York Times
Jan 19 2015
Police Chief Arrested in Turkey in Connection With 2007 Murder of Editor
By CEYLAN YEGINSUJAN. 19, 2015
ISTANBUL -- A Turkish police chief accused of negligence in the 2007
murder of a prominent ethnic Armenian journalist was arrested on
Monday after turning himself in to the authorities, exactly eight
years after the journalist's death.
The police chief, Ercan Demir, who was recently assigned to his post
in the southeastern province of Sirnak, surrendered to the authorities
after an arrest warrant was issued charging him with "voluntary
manslaughter caused by negligence," the semiofficial Anadolu News
Agency reported.
The journalist, Hrant Dink, was shot outside the offices of his
newspaper, Agos, on Jan. 19, 2007. Mr. Dink was a leading spokesman
for Armenians in Turkey, and his death spurred mass rallies and public
outrage over the country's treatment of minorities.
At the time of the murder, Mr. Demir served as the intelligence police
chief of Trabzon, where the young man convicted of killing Mr. Dink
lived. Mr. Dink's relatives have accused Mr. Demir of failing to act
on intelligence tips before the assassination.
Mr. Demir has denied allegations that he neglected his duties and
abused his position, Turkish media reported.
In 2012, a Turkish court rejected claims that Mr. Dink's murder was an
act of conspiracy by an illegal network within the Turkish state.
But this month two other officers, Ozkan Mumci and Muhittin Zenit,
have also been arrested in connection with a renewal of the murder
investigation.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/20/world/europe/police-chief-arrested-in-turkey-in-murder-of-hrant-dink.html?_r=0
From: A. Papazian
Jan 19 2015
Police Chief Arrested in Turkey in Connection With 2007 Murder of Editor
By CEYLAN YEGINSUJAN. 19, 2015
ISTANBUL -- A Turkish police chief accused of negligence in the 2007
murder of a prominent ethnic Armenian journalist was arrested on
Monday after turning himself in to the authorities, exactly eight
years after the journalist's death.
The police chief, Ercan Demir, who was recently assigned to his post
in the southeastern province of Sirnak, surrendered to the authorities
after an arrest warrant was issued charging him with "voluntary
manslaughter caused by negligence," the semiofficial Anadolu News
Agency reported.
The journalist, Hrant Dink, was shot outside the offices of his
newspaper, Agos, on Jan. 19, 2007. Mr. Dink was a leading spokesman
for Armenians in Turkey, and his death spurred mass rallies and public
outrage over the country's treatment of minorities.
At the time of the murder, Mr. Demir served as the intelligence police
chief of Trabzon, where the young man convicted of killing Mr. Dink
lived. Mr. Dink's relatives have accused Mr. Demir of failing to act
on intelligence tips before the assassination.
Mr. Demir has denied allegations that he neglected his duties and
abused his position, Turkish media reported.
In 2012, a Turkish court rejected claims that Mr. Dink's murder was an
act of conspiracy by an illegal network within the Turkish state.
But this month two other officers, Ozkan Mumci and Muhittin Zenit,
have also been arrested in connection with a renewal of the murder
investigation.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/20/world/europe/police-chief-arrested-in-turkey-in-murder-of-hrant-dink.html?_r=0
From: A. Papazian