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The trial of those who killed our dear friend Hrant is proceeding in the courthouse just a few meters away. The facts that are revealed from the case file, testimonies of the defendants and the witnesses prove how right we are in saying “For Hrant, for Justice.”
Colonel Ali Oz, who was the gendarmerie commander when Hrant was murdered, did not testify before the Turkish Grand National Assembly investigation committee to which he almost deigned to appear. His justification for not testifying was “not to influence the court.”
How would telling the truth to the committee intervene with the court? How would the truth make a negative impact on the case?
Why does the case of the soldiers, who confessed that they had informed their superiors in Trabzon before the murder, continue in Trabzon instead of combining it with the main murder case? Aren’t the things they told related with this case? Wouldn’t their testimonies help the truth be revealed?
For justice, we are curious to know…
The deputy governor who called Hrant Dink to his office and told him to “watch his step” continue to control the security of Istanbul, although he is appointed to another city?
For justice, we ask to the Minister of Interior, Besir Atalay, “Why do you prefer to hand the security of Istanbul to this man, while you have appointed him to another city?” Does he have some extraordinary talents that we are not aware of?
For justice, we are curious to know…
16 months after the murder, we learnt that some officers in the Istanbul Police Department had hidden the information that Hrant Dink would be murdered and that they had altered the documents.
And we remembered what the Istanbul Chief of Police, Celalettin Cerrah said right after O.S. was arrested: “The murder has no political and organizational links. It is solely done with nationalistic motives.”
What was it that made Celalettin Cerrah say these? Did he know something? Was there someone who directed him?
We are face to face with a state administration that perceives its own citizens as a danger for belonging to a “different” religion. People are still being targeted with allegations of “acts of missionary work.”
The murder case of Hrant Dink has become a test for the justice system, for the people and for the state of the rule of law of this country.
We lost Hrant Dink forever; we are aware of this fact.
We believe that it is possible to bring the responsible, who are behind this dark murder into light and let justice be done.
Even with the information that has become public until today we see how organized a crime this is.
We will always be here for Hrant, for justice and for the country that Hrant longed for: libertarian, egalitarian and a country where diversity is considered a richness.
FRIENDS OF HRANT
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