Political responsibility will not end

Today, it is absolutely certain that Turkish-Armenian journalistHrant Dink was victim to a murder that could have been easily prevented. 

Just like Gabriel García Márquez Marquez's novel "Chronicle of a Death Foretold," everybody knew who was going to be killed and who would commit the murder. 

According to stories recently published in a pro-government newspaper, the reason why the murder was not prevented was that "parallel policemen" were looking to secure important positions in the police intelligence agency. They wanted this in order to implement the Ergenekon plan that they had prepared. 

It's no secret that the murder of Hrant Dink could have been prevented, and the authorities in the Trabzon and Istanbul security department did not raise a finger to prevent his murder. 

We have known this from the very first day. At the time, the head of the Justice and Development Party (AKP) government - which did not grant permission for an investigation into the authorities in question, thus preventing the enlightenment of the murder - was Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdo?an.
 
Investigation into potentially responsible officials was not permitted and, moreover, those responsible even received promotions. Some became governors; some became police chiefs; some were promoted to top positions in the security department. One was even made a cabinet minister by Erdo?an. 

I don't remember how many times I wrote in those days to say investigation permits should be granted in order to solve this murder. 

Shortly after this, the wave of Ergenekon cases started and the "political prosecutor" of them was none other than Erdo?an, the person who had blocked the investigations into the Dink case. 

Of course, as he...