Update - Former Police Official Sent To Court Over Dink Murder

The Istanbul public prosecutor's office urged the court Friday to order the arrest of former head of Turkey's police intelligence, Ramazan Akyurek, over the murder of Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink.   



Akyurek has been in police detention since Thursday on charges of negligence on the job at the time of Dink's murder.



Earlier Friday, the former intelligence chief was taken to Istanbul's Caglayan court for questioning after his lawyer said his client would not answer questions at the Ankara police department.  



The prosecutor's office questioned Akyurek for four hours at the court and charged him of "causing death by negligent behavior," "forgery of official documents," and "malfeasance."



Dink was one of the founders of the bilingual Turkish-Armenian weekly Agos. He was assassinated in front of his office in Istanbul on Jan. 19, 2007.



His murderer, Ogun Samast, who was 17-years-old at the time, was tried and convicted in 2011.



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