YUSUF HALACHOGLU: HRANT DINK’S MURDER WAS A STRONG BLOW
Noyan Tapan
April 28, 2008
ISTANBUL, APRIL 28, NOYAN TAPAN – ARMENIANS TODAY. The murder of
Agos weekly’s editor-in-chief Hrant Dink was a strong blow. Doctor,
professor Yusuf Halachoglu, the Chairman of the Turkish Historic
Association, stated in his interview to the Hurriyet daily.
Mentioning that "Hrant’s murder became the strongest blow for
the solution of the Armenian cause," the Turkish professor said:
"If Hrant Dink were alive, I would be able to carry out the most
efficient dialogue. He was a personality, with whom I would be able
to work. I did not share Hrant Dink’s all ideas, but in the recent
period some of his assertions coincided with our assertions."
"I had an idea, to invite Hrant Dink to the Historic Association
for organizing a conference. However, I was not fated to do it,"
Halachoglu said adding: "Unfortunately, the most important person,
with whom we could carry out a dialogue, was killed."