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Garo Paylan, an Armenian member of the Turkish parliament representing the opposition People’s Democratic Party (HDP), has testified at the Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office in connection with his statement over assassination plots, Ermenihaber reported.

Speaking at a press meeting in the Turkish parliament on December 20, Paylan said he had received intelligence about assassination plots targeting Turkish intellectuals and public figures living in Europe, among them Armenians who have left Turkey.

“There is Hrant Dink’s case in Turkey. He was my friend. He was constantly under target at that time. I wanted him to leave Turkey but he didn’t and was killed,” Paylan told reporters after leaving the prosecutor’s office.

“At present, some people, including Can Dündar (the former editor-in-chief of the Turkish newspaper Cumhuriyet), as well as several HDP figures are also targeted by press. We received intelligence from Germany about plans of assassination against those people. I made a statement after receiving the information,” he said.