NTV MSNBC, Turkey
Jan 26 2007
Turkish governor, police chief shifted after Dink murder
Authorities are looking into whether there was any failing on the
part of local administrators.
Güncelleme: 17:05 TSİ 26 Ocak 2007 CumaANKARA/TRABZON – Two
senior officials have been shifted from Trabzon after the murder of
prominent Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink by a youth from the
Black Sea city.
Provincial governor Huseyin Yavuzdemir and Police Chief Resat Altay
were removed from their posts and assigned duties in Ankara on the
order of the Interior Ministry, it was announced Friday.
The Ministry also announced that it had appointed two senior
inspectors to investigate whether there was any failure or negligence
on the part of local administrators and the provincial security
department in connection with the killing of Dink in Istanbul on
January 19. Most of those charged with his murder, including the
alleged gunman, were from Trabzon.
It is not the first time that Trabzon has been linked to a high
profile killing that had international implications. Last year,
Andrea Santaro, the Roman-Catholic priest of Trabzon’s Santa Maria
Church, was shot dead by a teenager while at prayer in his church.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
