MEMBERS OF THE MILITARY TIED TO HRANT DINK’S MURDER, SAYS TURKEY’S CHIEF PROSECUTOR
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09.28.2011 13:27
Istanbul 14th Criminal Court Chief Public Prosecutor Hikmet Usta o
Monday said connections exist between members of the military and two
men who incited Ogun Samast to murder Turkish-Armenian journalist
Hrant Dink outside the office of the Agos weekly in 2007, reports
Today’s Zaman.
Usta said Samast and instigators Erhan Tuncel and Yasin Hayal had
unusual connections to three members of the military: Spc. Sgt.
Satýlmýþ Þahin, Pvt. Unsal Gurel, Pvt. Resul Kutukoðlu and Pvt. Ahmet
Faruk Aydoðdu.
Usta’s words show the connection between Spt. Sgt. Þahin and Tuncel.
Investigators found that Þahin was in Ýstanbul on the day of the
incident, whereas Tuncel claims he was outside Ýstanbul. In addition,
Þahin in his statement on Mar. 30, 2007, stated that he had met Tuncel
through Tuncay Uzundal while doing random ID checks. Þahin states that
he saw Uzundal again a few times when he was carrying out inspections
at Internet cafes, where Uzundal requested Þahin’s cell phone number.
A report provided by the prosecutor’s office states that Þahin had
called Tuncel 45 times and Uzundal 48 times.
Usta’s latest announcement is the first dictum which drew attention
to the murder’s ties to Ergenekon. The prosecution has pointed to an
Ergenekon cell in the Black Sea province of Trabzon as being behind
the murder.
A former police informant, Tuncel is believed to have supplied the
hitman with a gun while Hayal is accused of having acted with Tuncel
in masterminding the Dink murder.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
