"Turkish newspapers have started leaking extensive details from secret police interrogations of the last of five suspects charged with murdering three Christians in Malatya last month.
In one of the most alarming reports, published on Sunday (May 20), accused killer Emre Gunaydin allegedly told police investigators that he had planned to murder another Protestant pastor after the Malatya attack."
"The daily Milliyet claimed on May 20 to have a copy of Gunaydin’s police deposition. According to reporter Tolga Sardan, the suspect claimed that a Turkish Christian he had met over the Internet told him that the governments of the United States and Israel were “behind” the activities of this pastor he wanted to kill.
“In Turkey, all this is meant to point him out as a target for an attack, and to put a price on his head,” Istanbul pastor Carlos Madrigal said yesterday. Three weeks ago the intended victim was offered and accepted security police protection offered by the government.
“We did not expect two of Turkey’s largest newspapers to print something like this,” Ankara pastor Ihsan Ozbek told Compass. Ozbek said he had written a letter of protest to the daily Milliyet, both for breaking the law and deliberately targeting individual Christians.
“How can the Turkish press get this secret information?” asked the targeted pastor who requested anonymity, calling Compass from his home, which the Turkish media have staked out since May 20."
"The leaked deposition was a clear breach of Turkish law, which forbids the release of initial interrogation transcripts on all criminal cases linked to terrorism."
Compass Direct News : TURKEY - PRESS LEAKS MURDER SUSPECT’S ‘SECRET’ DEPOSITION
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