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    Today's Zaman, Turkey
    Jan 1 2008


    No inadequacies in Dink investigation, claim inspectors


    A highly controversial investigation into the murder of Turkish
    Armenian journalist Hrant Dink which involved a number of
    contradictions has no loopholes, according to the Prime Ministry's
    Inspection Council.

    Dink was shot dead by an ultra-nationalist teenager outside his
    office on Jan. 19. Throughout the investigation, a number of
    suspicious points hinting at police involvement have led the Dink
    family to conclude that the assassination was being covered up by
    either the police or the judiciary -- or maybe both. Rakel Dink, the
    slain journalist's wife, had applied to the Prime Ministry's
    Inspection Council regarding the suspicions around the investigation.
    The Prime Ministry's Office responded positively to the application
    and started an inquiry into the investigation process. After working
    for eight months on the application, the Prime Ministry office's
    inspectors concluded that there were no loopholes in the
    investigation.

    The inspectors based their finding on intelligence reports, phone
    conversation transcripts and official correspondences between the
    Police Department of Trabzon and Ýstanbul. Dink's killer was from
    Trabzon. Another prime suspect in the operation, who was the one the
    assassin said incited him, was a police informant with the Trabzon
    police. The investigation had revealed that the Ýstanbul police had
    been tipped off about the plans to kill Dink many times.

    The inspectors ruled that no document or information on any of the
    suspects, including the former police informant, was being hidden.
    The Human Rights Committee in Parliament is currently also carrying
    out an investigation into the Dink murder.

    Fethiye Çetin, a lawyer representing the Dink family said: `There was
    no need for this investigation to last eight months. Some documents
    are very obvious.' She added that she and the other lawyers hadn't
    yet seen the council's report.


    01.01.2008

    Today's Zaman Ankara
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