CHIEF OF ISTANBUL SECURITY BOARD’S INVESTIGATION DEPARTMENT DISMISSED

Noyan Tapan
Armenians Today
Feb 06 2007

ISTANBUL, FEBRUARY 6, NOYAN TAPAN – ARMENIANS TODAY. Ahmed Ilan
Guler, Head of Istanbul Security Board’s Investigation Department,
was dismissed in the evening of February 5 as a result of the
investigation in connection with the murder of Istanbul’s Agos
newspaper’s editor-in-chief Hrant Dink. According to some information,
the latter was dismissed due to not doing his duties properly. "Only
I am to blame for this. I have not provided this information to higher
bodies," according to Milliyet newspaper, Guler declared.

To recap, Black Sea University student Erhan Tuncel arrested on the
case of Dink’s murder, who according to some information, had worked
as an informer for police since 2004, had informed Trapison Security
Board about the attempt to commit a crime against Hrant Dink as early
as in 2006 February and the employees of Trapison Security Service
informed Istanbul Security Board about it.