PROTEST ACTION HELD IN ISTANBUL IN MEMORY OF HRANT DINK

PanARMENIAN.Net
19.01.2010 18:41 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ The protest action in memory of Hrant Dink ,
editor-in-chief of the Armenian-Turkish Agos newspaper murdered on
January 19, 2007 held in Istanbul. The protest takes place near the
editorial office of the newspaper, near the place where Dink was
killed. As the Turkish Cumhuriyet writes, the action is taking place
under the slogan "We know the murderer, we demand justice."

The statement distributed by the organizers of the rally said: "Grant
has left us a idea of decent brotherhood. We are gathering at the place
of his death in the name of decent fraternity, in the name of Grant,
in the name of justice". The action in the Sisli district of Istanbul,
was attended by hundreds of people.

Hrant Dink (September 15, 1954 – January 19, 2007) was a
Turkish-Armenian journalist and columnist and editor-in-chief
of Agos bilingual newspaper. Dink was best known for advocating
Turkish-Armenian reconciliation and human and minority rights in
Turkey. Charged under the notorious article 301 of the Turkish
Criminal Code, Dink stood a trial for insulting Turkishness. After
numerous death threats, Hrant Dink was assassinated in Istanbul in
January 2007, by Ogun Samast, a 17-year old Turkish nationalist.