THE ARMENIAN COMMUNITY OF ISTANBUL HAS BECOME A HOSTAGE IN THE HANDS OF THE AUTHORITIES AND THE OFFICIAL PROPAGANDA
PanARMENIAN.Net
Analytical Department
05.07.2007 GMT+04:00
The history of the Armenian annihilation in Turkey traces back to
1915 and continues up to present.
Dink’s murder is just a single example of the annihilation and pursuit
of the Armenian Nation in Turkey.
The trial of Dink’s case began on July 2 and already on the next day
it was put off till October 1. In fact this decision was no shock
to anyone. The Turkish Prime-Minister Redgep Erdoghan has a lot to
put at stake. Strong is his belief that the Justice and Development
Party will win in national elections which is to be held on July
22. He doesn’t want to take any risk for such a scandalous case,
because mass media and the whole world community will be concentrated
on the trail, and many details not profitable for Turkey to be known
will be revealed; something which will do no good to the reputation
of the Prime Minister.
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ According to the Spanish magazine El Pais, the given
process will reveal the objectiveness of the Turkish court. The New
York Times confirms that this investigation may not be just because of
the great interest and popularity it enjoys. In its turn the French
Le Monde reminds that the police was well aware of the fact that the
crime was being organized, however nothing was done to prevent it.
As for the police, it has already disseminated information according
to which Yasin Hayal, who is suspected in instigation of the murder of
Hrant Dink, is the founder of the grouping which aimed at organizing
Dink’s murder. In the report of the General Security management of
Turkey it is mentioned that Hayal established the grouping after
being released from prison, where he had been taken for the organized
blast in McDonalds in Trabzon. Yasin Hayal accused Dink of "insult to
Turkishness", by the way, Hayal accuses the Nobel Prize laureate Orhan
Pamuk of the same, who almost right after Dink’s murder left Turkey.
According to Anatolia News Agency Hayal has been the leader of the
grouping, where the suspect involved himself. The report is referred
to felony crime court with documents about terrorist organization,
the leader of which supposedly were the suspects Yasin Hayal and Erhan
Tunjel. The truth is though, that it was mentioned in the report that
the latter had nothing in common with Hayal’s grouping. After Dink’s
murder it was discovered that Tunjel had several times informed the
police about the imminent attack on Dink, though the police naturally
didn’t pay or didn’t want to pay any attention to it. Nevertheless,
the Court of Istanbul, which held the first hearings of Dink’s case
on July 2, decided to expand the framework of the investigation and
blamed the officials for negligence.
In the result of the 12-hour hearing the Court released 4 of the 18
suspects, as well as put off the session till October 1. "The police
of Istanbul and Trabzon are responsible for the grave mistakes and in
fact for the deliberate negligence," announced the advocate of Dink’s
family Ergin Cinmen. Meanwhile more than 1000 people gathered in front
of the Court on July 2, where the judicial process had begun. All
of them carried posters which said; "We are all Armenians", "We are
all Dinks", "We are all witnesses and we demand justice". According
to Anatolia News Agency the participants of the demonstration signed
below a document about establishing a Coordinating Council to observe
the judicial process. Hrant Dink’s widow, Rakel Dink, expressed her
appreciation to all those present, who greeted her with cheers as
she headed to the Court.
In her speech Rakel Dink spoke about the destiny of the Armenian Nation
of Turkey, and especially about the Armenian Community of Istanbul,
which has become a hostage in the hands of the authorities and the
official propaganda. "For Turkey Armenian and criminal, or Armenian and
a second class person are synonymous. We have no freedom of speech. The
history of the Armenian annihilation in Turkey traces back to 1915
and continues up to present. Dink’s murder is just a single example
of the annihilation and pursuit of the Armenian Nation in Turkey,"
she emphasized.