Anatolia News Agency, Turkey
Jan 19 2007

Turkey: Istanbul police searching for assassin of ethnic Armenian
journalist

Istanbul, 19 January: Turkish police carry out their operations in
Istanbul to arrest the suspect of the murder of Turkish journalist of
Armenian descent Hrant Dink, editor-in-chief of Turkish-Armenian
weekly Agos.

The suspect who shot Dink is reported to be at the age of 18-19,
wearing jeans and a white hat.

Policemen took measures to arrest the suspect in the region, subway
and bus stations.

-HRANT DINK-Prominent and active in various democratic platforms and
civil society organizations, Hrant Dink emphasized the need for
democratization in Turkey and focused on the issues of free speech,
civic rights and issues pertaining to the Armenian community in
Turkey.

Hrant Dink was the founder and editor-in-chief of the Agos weekly in
Istanbul, a newspaper published in Armenian and Turkish. He also
wrote for the national dailies, Zaman and Birgun.

Born in eastern city of Malatya on September 15th, 1954, Dink moved
to Istanbul at the age of seven where he lived since. He received his
primary and secondary education in Armenian community schools and
graduated from the Zoology Department of Istanbul University. He then
continued his education at the Philosophy Department at the same
university.