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    HRANT DINK CASE: FOOTAGE LOST - COMPLAINT ABOUT HEAD OF ANTI-TERROR BRANCH

    BIAnet.org
    May 31 2011
    Turkey

    Witness Cakmakc覺 confirmed the previous statement of a secret
    witness saying that triggerman suspect Samast was accompanied by two
    individuals at the murder of journalist Dink. Footage of the incident
    can definitely not be restored.

    Erol ONDERO繼^LU [email protected] Istanbul - B襤A News Center31 May
    2011, Tuesday RELATED NEWS HRANT DINK MURDER TRIAL: 4 Years Later:
    Court Considers Additional Suspect Emsale Cakmakc覺, witness of the
    murder of Turkish Armenian journalist Hrant Dink, was heard before
    the 14th High Criminal Court in Istanbul for the first time at the
    hearing on Monday (30 May). The trial on the murder of journalist
    Dink has been pending for more than four years.

    Cakmakc覺 had previously given her only detailed statement at the
    Istanbul Police.

    Cakmakc覺 stated that she saw a person with a white cap accompanied
    by two other individuals right after the murder at around 3.00 pm on
    19 January 2007. The witness described the clothes, height and hair of
    these three people but she apparently was not able to see their faces.

    "It seemed to me that they were walking together" As a designer,
    Cakmakc覺 said she was in a shop to buy fabric close to the spot
    where the murder occurred. "It seemed to me that they were walking
    together but I was not able to see their faces. The police asked
    me to identify them but I told them that I did not recognize them"
    she claimed. A secret witness had given a similar statement before.

    The 18th hearing of the case was attended by detained defendants Erhan
    Tuncel and Yasin Hayal, both of whom stand accused of instigation to
    murder. The hearing was observed by writer Adalet Agaoglu, complainant
    Ufuk Uras and Levent Tuzel, Istanbul independent candidate of the
    Labour, Democracy and Freedom Block.

    'Footage is lost; Kutkan is responsible' The reply from Scientific
    and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUB襤TAK) was the most
    crucial development of the Monday hearing.

    According to the report, the footage of the camera in a local bank
    branch at the scene of crime for the time of the murder cannot be
    restored.

    Lawyer Fethiye Cetin, joint attorney of the Dink family, declared,
    "The part of the Akbank video records of the morning and the afternoon
    on the day of the incident is missing. The incident happened during
    the term of office of Selim Kutkan at the Anti-Terror Branch. The
    footage was lost. We file a criminal complaint about Kutkan".

    Defendant Hayal requests protection Defendant Yasin Hayal told Court
    President Rustem Ery覺lmaz, "I am being disturbed by the residents
    in my neighbourhood. I am fed up. I am being beaten. The whole lot of
    Pelitli [district of Trabzon, Black Sea coast] is threatening me. They
    say 'We are going to strangle you and tear you into pieces'. I have
    no strength left to endure any longer. I want protection. I am being
    oppressed".

    Tuncel: I am not in!

    Plaintiff lawyer Hakan Bak覺rc覺oglu reminded what defendant Erhan
    Tuncel said to the Trabzon Police prior to the murder. Tuncel had
    stated, "I am not in if Dink is going to be killed. You are betting
    on the wrong horse". Laywer Bak覺rc覺oglu asked Tuncel whether he
    wanted to say that they should not turn a blind eye to this issue
    and Tuncel confirmed that.

    After projecting the camera records of the day of the murder in the
    court room, Plaintiff lawyer Cetin assessed, "In our opinion, the
    person next to Samast is Osman Hayal". Hayal's lawyer Eda Salman on
    the other hand ridiculed Cetin's evaluation by saying, "And I think
    this person resembles Ahmet Kaya".

    Tuncel's lawyer Erdogan Soruklu referred to the words of Ahmet
    Samast, father of triggerman suspect Ogun Samast who had said,
    "The Gendarmerie commander knows where Samast is". In this context,
    he voiced their demands and particularly the request to determine
    the role of the gendarmerie in the murder. (EO/VK)




    From: A. Papazian
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