RUBEN HOVSEPIAN: HRANT DINK HAD CHOSEN MOST DIFFICULT BATTLEFIELD FOR
HIS STRUGGLE

YEREVAN, JANUARY 20, NOYAN TAPAN – ARMENIANS TODAY. The Turkish
political authorities who are unable to prevent the anti-Armenian
hysteria in the country are the "customer" of assassination of the
Turkish Armenian journalist Hrant Dink. Member of the RA National
assembly ARF faction Ruben Hovsepian, writer and publicist, expressed
this opinion at the January 20 meeting with reporters. He said that
the same atmosphere is in Azerbaijan and he did not rule out that such
crimes will be committed in the future too. In his words, in these two
countries, false patriots filled with hatred against Armenians will
still emerge.

In his opinion, condemning H. Dink’s murder, the Turkish prime
minister Recep Erdogan in his speech hinted at the participation of
third force in this crime. Such behavior, according to R. Hovsepian,
is typical of Turkish mentality: in the course of history, after each
massacre of Armenians in various Turkish cities, the government
formulated a document, in which it accused either Armenians or some
third force in what happened. R. Hovsepian predicted that maybe now
the Turkish propaganda machine will accuse Armenian organizations,
noting that it is to their advantage to address the issue of the
Genocide recognition through the murder of the Agos newspaper’s
editor-in-chief.

Speaking about H. Dink’s activities, R. Hovsepian stressed that he
had chosen a most difficult battlefield for his struggle. "To struggle
for the Genocide recognition from remote Australia or the US is one
thing, but to be involved in a effective activity in the heart of
Turkey is quite another," R. Hovsepian noted.