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FORMER ISTANBUL DEPUTY GOVERNOR TESTIFIES AS SUSPECT IN DINK TRIAL
Today's Zaman, Turkey
Dec 9 2014
Thousands of protesters gather around a banner thar reads " We are
here brother! " to mark the seventh anniversary of Turkish-Armenian
journalist Hrant Dink's murder in Ä°stanbul, Turkey on Jan.19, 2014.
(Photo: AP)
December 09, 2014, Tuesday/ 14:03:07/ TODAY'S ZAMAN / ISTANBUL
Former İstanbul Vice Governor Ergun Gungör testified to an
Ä°stanbul court on Tuesday as a suspect in the murder trial of late
Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink.
According to media reports, the court heard Gungör, who was in office
at the time of the 2007 murder, for two-and-a-half hours. He was later
released pending trial. In recent years there have been claims in the
media that Gungör and a National Intelligence Organization (MİT)
member invited Dink to the Ä°stanbul Governor's Office to warn him of
"possible dangers if he continues making controversial statements."
Charges against state officials who might have been held accountable
in the Dink trial had earlier been dropped by a prosecutor. However,
in early June of this year, the Bakırköy 8th High Criminal Court
annulled the prosecutor's decision, paving the way for the prosecution
of nine officials, including Gungör and former İstanbul Police
Chief Celalettin Cerrah, who are believed to either have intentionally
tried to kill Dink or been negligent in preventing his death.
Dink was shot dead on Jan. 19, 2007, by 17-year-old hitman Ogun
Samast. Dink was leaving the building of the Agos weekly, of which
he was the editor-in-chief, in Å~^iÅ~_li, Ä°stanbul, when he was
shot. Samast was apprehended and tried by a juvenile court, as
he was 17 at the time of the crime, and was sentenced to 22 years
in prison. Dink became the 62nd journalist in Turkey to have been
assassinated since 1909.
http://www.todayszaman.com/national_former-istanbul-deputy-governor-testifies-as-suspect-in-dink-trial_366472.html
Today's Zaman, Turkey
Dec 9 2014
Thousands of protesters gather around a banner thar reads " We are
here brother! " to mark the seventh anniversary of Turkish-Armenian
journalist Hrant Dink's murder in Ä°stanbul, Turkey on Jan.19, 2014.
(Photo: AP)
December 09, 2014, Tuesday/ 14:03:07/ TODAY'S ZAMAN / ISTANBUL
Former İstanbul Vice Governor Ergun Gungör testified to an
Ä°stanbul court on Tuesday as a suspect in the murder trial of late
Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink.
According to media reports, the court heard Gungör, who was in office
at the time of the 2007 murder, for two-and-a-half hours. He was later
released pending trial. In recent years there have been claims in the
media that Gungör and a National Intelligence Organization (MİT)
member invited Dink to the Ä°stanbul Governor's Office to warn him of
"possible dangers if he continues making controversial statements."
Charges against state officials who might have been held accountable
in the Dink trial had earlier been dropped by a prosecutor. However,
in early June of this year, the Bakırköy 8th High Criminal Court
annulled the prosecutor's decision, paving the way for the prosecution
of nine officials, including Gungör and former İstanbul Police
Chief Celalettin Cerrah, who are believed to either have intentionally
tried to kill Dink or been negligent in preventing his death.
Dink was shot dead on Jan. 19, 2007, by 17-year-old hitman Ogun
Samast. Dink was leaving the building of the Agos weekly, of which
he was the editor-in-chief, in Å~^iÅ~_li, Ä°stanbul, when he was
shot. Samast was apprehended and tried by a juvenile court, as
he was 17 at the time of the crime, and was sentenced to 22 years
in prison. Dink became the 62nd journalist in Turkey to have been
assassinated since 1909.
http://www.todayszaman.com/national_former-istanbul-deputy-governor-testifies-as-suspect-in-dink-trial_366472.html