The slogan that turned everything upside down in Turkey
30.01.2007 17:17
Marlena Hovsepyan
"Radiolur"
As it was expected, Turks were to try to find the murderer of Hrant
Dink outside the country. Currently an absurd version is circulating
among the public circles of Turkey that Dink’s assassination was
ordered by the United States or the Armenian lobby.
Erhan Tunjel, suspected of murdering Hrant Dink, declared during the
inquiry that before the crime he informed the regional security
directorate of Trapizon about it.
According to CNN Turk, instructors that left for Trapizon confirmed
that the security directorate of Trapizon was previously
informed. Tunjel said no one paid attention to address to the
directorate on `threatening Hrant Dink.’
The same source informs that the security directorate did not take the
information serious because of lack of sufficient proofs.
Despite existing proofs, an absurd version is being circulated among
the Turkish society, editor-in-chief of `Marmara’ daily Rober
Hatechian told ` Radiolur.’
`The most dangerous is the opinion that the crime against Hrant Dink
was organized by an outside force, the US, is connected with the
discussion of the Armenian Genocide bill in the US Congress and was
perpetrated by the Armenian lobby,’ Mr. Hatechian says.
It should be noted that the slogan `We are all Armenians, we are all
Hrant Dink’ that created an atmosphere of unity during Dink’s funeral
does not leave Turkey calm up until now. Supporters and critics of the
slogan still continue the dispute.
`Connected with Hrant Dink’s murder, two different powers have
launched a struggle with each other. Hrant Dink’s assassination has
really turned everything upside down in the country,’ Rober Hatechian
continues. Everything else has been forgotten ` the issue of Iraq,
even Turkey’s accession to the European Union.
The noise after Dink’s murder centered the attention of Turkish
nationalists on the Armenian community. The editorial office of Agos
daily continues to receive threats from Turkish nationalists.