THOUSANDS APPEAL FOR JUSTICE ON THIRD ANNIVERSARY OF DINK MURDER
Today’s Zaman
Jan 19 2010
Turkey
The distinguished Turkish-Armenian intellectual and journalist Hrant
Dink who was assassinated on Jan. 19, 2007 by an ultra-nationalist
teenager in Istanbul, was commemorated in the third anniversary of
his killing on Tuesday.
A series of ceremonies were held across Turkey to mark the third
anniversary of the death of Dink, who was gunned down on Jan. 19,
2007 in broad daylight in front of the headquarters of the bilingual
Armenian weekly Agos, where he was editor-in-chief.
Hundreds of people gathered in front of Agos yesterday to commemorate
Dink and demanded that the circumstances behind his murder be
resolved. Carrying banners that denounced the vicious attack against
Dink in a number of languages including Turkish, English, Armenian
and Kurdish, protestors shouted, "For Hrant, for justice" and "We are
all Hrant, we are all Armenians." Protestors also placed carnations
in front of the building in memory of the slain journalist.