JOURNALIST FACES 28 YEARS FOR HRANT DINK MURDER BOOK
2009/06/08 | 14:15
Nedim ªener, a reporter for the Turkish daily Milliyet, faces up to
twenty-eight years imprisonment for a book he wrote entitled "The
Dink Murder and Intelligence Lies".
Following publication of the book, several police and Turkish national
intelligence officers who have been accused of negilence in the 2007
murder of Hrant Dink filed criminal complaints against the author.
According to ªener, "I published the incidents of negligence of these
three important intelligence institutions of the state in the Dink
murder case, giving names. I have proven that fake documents were
prepared. Documents marked as classified and containing lies were
published in the book."
All in all, ªener faces 28 years imprisonment. According to a bianet
news report, he stands accused of "targeting people involved in
anti-terrorism campaigns, revealing classified information, obtaining
classified information, violating the secrecy of these communications,
and attempting to influence the judiciary."
The journalist said, "What they are trying to punish is the basic
procedure of journalism, finding and publishing documents, finding
out who are the public officials who have responsibility in Hrant
Dink’s murder."
The 28 years that ªener faces are eight years more than Ogun Samast,
who is being tried for shooting Hrant Dink, faces.