TURKISH-ARMENIAN WINS BJøRNSON PRIZE

Aftenposten, Norway
Oct 4 2006

The Bjørnson prize for 2006, worth NOK 100,000 (USD 15,200), was
awarded to the editor of the Turkish-Armenian magazine Agos.

The editor, Hrant Dink, received the prize for his work with the
Turkish genocide of Armenians in connection with the deportation
of 1915. Most historians characterize Turkey’s conduct of this
deportation as genocide, a view that the Turkish state still refuses
to acknowledge.

The Bjørnson Academy awards the prize. The president of the academy,
Knut Ødegård, said Wednesday at a press conference in Molde that
the Armenians would be the theme of the Bjørnson Academy seminar on
Nov. 24.

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