DINK DEATH 2ND ANNIVERSARY MARKED IN ISTANBUL

PanARMENIAN.Net
19.01.2009 13:26 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ It has been exactly two years since Hrant Dink,
the editor of Agos Turkish-Armenian newspaper, was fatally shot
outside his office by an ultranationalist teenager Ogun Samast.

A ceremony was held at the Armenian Church of the Virgin Mary yesterday
to mark the second anniversary of his death.

Dink’s wife, Rakel Dink, and his children did not attend the ceremony.

Istanbul police stepped up security measures in the vicinity and
reporters were not allowed into the church over security concerns. The
service, which lasted around three hours, concluded with prayers for
Dink’s soul.

The Dink murder trial opened in Istanbul on July 2, 2007. 19 people,
mostly ultranationalists from Trabzon, were charged in connection
with the journalist’s assassination.

The Dink family lawyers insist that the murder was committed with
the connivance of police.