MALATYA, Turkey — An e-mail message to Turkish Protestant leaders in June surfaced in the Turkish press in September, according to Compass Direct News Service. It revealed the names of Malatya officials alleged to have plotted the murder of three Christians there last April.
The Firat News Agency (ANF) reported Sept. 18 that an anonymous e-mail message signed simply “A.A.” had named a colonel in the Malatya gendarmerie along with an Islamic faculty member as the instigators of the plot to kill the three Christians.
The ANF article identified the officer as Mehmet Ulger but gave only the initials of several others. A Sept. 19 article in Birgun newspaper, however, listed the name of the faculty member as Ruhi Babat.
It also identified a member of parliament from Malatya, one military commander and another suspect, claiming that the murder conspiracy had been planned for four or five months.
The Alliance of Protestant Churches in Turkey is calling on Turkish congregations to designate each Thursday for prayer and fasting for the upcoming murder trial.
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