Hrant Dink Trial Update
An Istanbul court on Tuesday ruled against a demand to start an investigation into Istanbul Police Chief Celalettin Cerrah and seven other police officers, including former Police Department Intelligence Bureau Chief Ahmet Ilhan Güler, who were accused of having disregarded intelligence information regarding a plot to kill Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink, who was shot dead outside his office in January of last year…
Dink’s lawyers also claimed that information needed for the prosecution and demanded by the court was denied by the police, which they say has been withholding critical information on some of the suspects and their relationship to some police officers.
There have also been a series of police lapses in the handling of the Dink case, which many say are attempts to protect those who plotted the crime….
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