TURKEY’S PRIME MINISTRY INSPECTORS TO INVESTIGATE DINK MURDER
arminfo
2008-02-27 12:40:00
Arminfo. Turkish prime minister charged to appoint special inspectors
to carry out an investigation into the murder of Turkish-Armenian
journalist Hrant Dink.
Turkish journalist of Armenian origin Hrant Dink was gunned down
outside his Istanbul office on January 19, 2007 by an ultra-nationalist
teenager. In addition to the young man, 18 other suspects are
facing trial for having plotted to have Dink murdered. As Turkish
Zaman newspaper says, a delegation from the Prime Ministry arrived
yesterday in the northern city of Trabzon, where Dink’s murder was
born. However, serious allegations of police negligence ahead of the
murder as well as of a cover-up during the investigation have been
brought against officials by individuals involved as co-plaintiffs
in the case. Allegations include that the police were in the know
about the plot but did not take the necessary precautions to save
Dink’s life. One of the 19 suspects is a former police informant who
gathered intelligence for the Trabzon police. Prime Ministry Chief
Inspector Mehmet Akin and inspectors Aysegul Genc and Tugce Tumer
have already started working on the case.