Ali Fuat Yılmazer and Sabri Uzun had gone on a mission abroad the day the information that Hrant Dink would be killed was sent to the Department of Intelligence. Yılmazer said that he did not see the communication from Trabzon because he was abroad during this period of duty. The communication does not bear Yılmazer’s signature or initials.
Yılmazer responded to the allegations against him at the Istanbul 14th Court of Assize, where he is on trial as a defendant (click here for a summary of his answers to the allegations).