FILM ABOUT HRANT DINK TO BE SCREENED IN ISTANBUL

PanARMENIAN.Net
13.01.2010 18:41 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ In the framework of film festival the film "From
19 January to 19 January", devoted to the editor-in chief of the Agos
newspaper Hrant Dink will be screened on Thursday at 6:30 p.m. at the
Istanbul Technical University. The film directed by Umit Kıvanc will
be shown as a part of Istanbul’s Osmanlı Bank Museum’s film program.

Hrant Dink was killed on January 19, 2007 by the nationalist Ogyun
Samast near the office of the Agos newspaper in Istanbul. Under Turkish
law, Samast can be sentenced to life imprisonment, since at the time
of the killing, he was already an adult. Earlier the Turkish press
said that at the time of the killing Samast was 17 years old.

Ergenekon is ultra nationalist organization in Turkey with ties to
members of the country’s military and security forces. The group
is accused of terrorism in Turkey. It is named after Ergenekon,
a mythical place located in the inaccessible valleys of the Altay
Mountains. Alleged members have been indicted on charges of plotting
to foment unrest, among other things by assassinating intellectuals,
politicians, judges, military staff, and religious leaders, with the
ultimate goal of toppling the pro-Western incumbent government in a
coup that was planned to take place in 2009. Turkey has already been
through four "successful" military coups since democratic elections
were first held in 1950.