On the second day of hearings, the cross examination of Muhittin Zenit, who was an officer in Trabzon Intelligence Branch at the time of murder, is continued. Zenit said, “As an officer, I submitted my report as 'he will be killed'. It was redesigned by Engin Dinç and Özkan Mumcu.”
The
second day of hearings of Hrant Dink case is continued with the
examination of Muhittin Zenit.
Arrested
suspects Ali Fuat Yılmazer, Ramazan Akyürek and Ercan Demir
are present at the hearing. Other suspects who are under arrest
because of other charges, are attending the hearing through video
call. Celalettin Cerrah, Sabri Uzun, Ahmet İlhan Güler, Reşat
Altay and Faruk Sarı are also present.
Lawyers of Dink family
Bahri Belen, Hakan Bakırcıoğlu, Sebu Aslangil, Emel Ataktürk
Sevimli and İnci İşbulur are also present.
Muhittin Zenit was
examined by the court and lawyers of Dink family. Today, he is also
examined by defense counsel and suspects.
There is
master-apprentice relationship in the intelligence branches
The
prosecutor reminded the fact that Zenit was wiretapped by the
Directorate of Intelligence after he started to work in Ankara and
asked him whether he felt any oppression. Zenit said, “Those tapes
haven't influenced me in any way. This is done by a force who regards
its own employee as a terrorist.”
Talking about the missing
intelligence reports, Zenit stated: “There is master-apprentice
relationship in the intelligence branches. Mehmet Ayhan, Onur
Karakaya, Özkan Mumcu were our department heads and we wrote those
reports together. Why am I called to account?” Claiming that they
don't write a new report if there is no new information, Zenit said,
“We didn't take those reports, they should be in the archive. I
have nothing to hide.”
It is better to write
it dully
Zenit
is also asked about the change in the report that he wrote; Zenit had
written “he will be killed” and then it was changed to “an
impactful action”. Answering this
question, Zenit stated, “As an officer, I submitted my report as
'he will be killed'. It was redesigned by Engin Dinç and Özkan
Mumcu.” After that, Özkan Mumcu began to speak and said, “Engin
Dinç, our chief, said that it is better to write it dully. He made
some changes and prepared the official report that was sent to
Istanbul.”
Then, Ali Fuat
Yılmazer asked some questions about the relationship between Erhan
Tuncel and Muhittin Zenit. Zenit said, “I hadn't heard your name
until January 19, when Engin Dinç said that you will call me.”
Deleted
information
Yılmazer
said that he made the summaries of intelligence reports deleted as a
precaution. “I prevented all the provincial branches from accessing
the information, because we had been trying to catch the perpetrator.
They must have been restored later.”
