Parliamentary sub-commission: police, gendarmerie guilty of Dink murder
Turkish police department and gendarmerie had negligence, fault and lack of coordination in the assassination of Agos editor Hrant Dink, a sub-commission of the Parliament said in a report on Wednesday, according to Hurriyet daily.
The sub-commission under the Human Rights Commission was founded last year to investigate the murder.
Dink, editor in chief of Agos newspaper, was shot dead outside the offices of the paper in Istanbul in January, 2007. Police arrested the gunman, Ogun Samast, and a suspected associate who was identified as Yasin Hayal.
Lower-ranked police officials and gendarme forces told during the investigation they had informed their superiors about intelligence regarding Dink's assassination prior to the incident.
There was no accusation against individuals in the 180-page report, Mehmet Ocaktan, head of the sub-commission, told a news conference.
The sub-commission under the Human Rights Commission was founded last year to investigate the murder.
Dink, editor in chief of Agos newspaper, was shot dead outside the offices of the paper in Istanbul in January, 2007. Police arrested the gunman, Ogun Samast, and a suspected associate who was identified as Yasin Hayal.
Lower-ranked police officials and gendarme forces told during the investigation they had informed their superiors about intelligence regarding Dink's assassination prior to the incident.
There was no accusation against individuals in the 180-page report, Mehmet Ocaktan, head of the sub-commission, told a news conference.
