Kuwait News Agency, Kuwait
Feb 2 2007

Turkish security fires four policemen within journalist”s murder probe

ISTANBUL, Feb 2 (KUNA) — Turkish security authority fired Friday
four security personnel in light of the latest developments in the
investigation of the assassination of Turkish-Armenian journalist
Hrant Dink last month in Istanbul.

Turkish Security Department said in a statement that four Samsun City
policemen were fired after a Turkish television broadcasted footages
showing the policemen treating the alleged killer, Ogn Samast, as
national hero.

Meanwhile, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that his
government was dedicated to unveil all facts of the murder of Dink.

In short statement to reporters in Istanbul, Erdogan said he assigned
some officials to investigate the sources of the footage showing the
alleged killer, Samast, standing near a flag.

Turkish police detained six people in this case including 17-year-old
Samast who admitted killing the journalist.

Dink was calling for the Turkish government to admit the genocides
committed against Armenian population in Turkey during 1915-1917.
Nonetheless, he criticized a French law criminalizing the denial of
the genocides and advocated understanding and tolerance between Turks
and Armenians. (end) ta.