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    news.am, Armenia
    Jan 15 2010


    Turkish smoke killed Hrant Dink: Today's Zaman

    15:03 / 01/15/2010Hrant Dink was killed by the `smoke' that
    encompassed this country in 1915, the article by Orhan Kemal Cengiz
    published in Today's Zaman reads. NEWS.am posts the passages.

    `This &`smoke' is the dark side of this country, and it was on duty
    during all the steps that led to the murder of Dink. Dink knew this
    darkness very well; he knew the &`smoke' was following him. He could
    see it.

    Everything started with a campaign against him. He once wrote an
    article about the adopted child of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, Sabiha
    Gokcen, whose name was given to an airport. Gokcen was the first woman
    fighter pilot of Turkey. Dink said Gokcen was actually an Armenian
    orphan who survived the massacres in 1915. This revelation by Dink
    about the history of Turkey irritated the &`smoke,' which then decided
    to push the button for his annihilation.

    The long campaign leading to the assassination of Dink was launched on
    the front pages of the Hurriyet newspaper. All of a sudden, Dink's
    comments about Gokcen became the headlines of Hurriyet, which is
    published every day with the same motto, &`Turkey belongs to the
    Turks.' After the Hurriyet publications, the General Staff made very
    harsh statements about Dink's comments.

    After these publications, ultranationalist groups started to have
    demonstrations in front of the office of Agos, chanting slogans and
    holding placards that read &`Love it or leave it,' &`Your hand will be
    broken' and &`One night we may come unannounced.' Meanwhile, threats
    against Dink were pouring in by mail and telephone.

    The &`smoke' was surrounding Dink from all angles. For the final move,
    hit men made their preparations. Everyone in their district, Pelitli
    in Trabzon, knew that these youngsters were going to kill Dink. We now
    know that the gendarmerie, the police, everyone knew that there was
    intensive preparation for the murder of Dink. They just turned a blind
    eye, knowing that Dink's murder was the wish of the &`smoke.'

    The last move of the &`smoke' came on Jan. 17, 2007. Dink was killed
    in front of the office of his newspaper, Agos.

    Dink was killed by the &`smoke' that descended on this country in
    1915. Turkey, by turning a blind eye to the sins of Talat Pasha and
    his friends, created this &`smoke,' the monster which was going to
    take the lives of thousands and thousands of people during the
    republican era of Turkey.'

    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
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