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HAPPY BIRTHDAY HRANT DINK
yerkir.am
13:47 - 15.09.2011
Chief Editor of bilingual newspaper "Agos" Hrant Dink would become
57 years old today.
Months before his death he said that "they don't kill doves in
Turkey"... But Dink was wrong as in Turkey they kill doves and pave
ways for wolves.
Before the assassination Dink was accused according to the 301 article
of the Criminal Code, which condemns "insulting Turkish nation",
"When the prosecutors of Sishli accused me of insulting the Turkish
nation, I didn't have any worries. It was not the first time. I had
that kind of a problem in Urfa, when in a conference I said that
"I'm not Turkish, I'm Armenian that lives in Turkey".
That time I wasn't aware of the juridical process. My friends of
Urfa preceded that case without me. I was completely calm when giving
explanations in Shishli prosecution. At the end, all I wrote and all
I intended were obvious.
I was sure that the prosecutor would read my entire article instead
of the certain sentence, hence, would realize that I didn't have
any intention of "humiliating Turks" and will put an end to this
comedy. I was sure that the investigation will not allow them launch
a suit against me", said Dink.
Dink was wrong that time too as the court was not in a compassionate
attitude towards him.
"I could endure everything, but it was impossible to cope with it. I
believed that if someone humiliates a nation of the country he lives
in because of ethnic and religious differences, he becomes chauvinist,
which is unacceptable", said Dink angrily.
Hrant Dink was murdered in 2007 on February 19 in front of "Agos"
editorial.
Those days Turkey became a stage where every authority showed his
acting talent.
Funerals of Dink turned into "mass gathering" where many people
changed the meaning with style and were there only for quantity.
Turkish media was talking about many issues, such as philanthropy,
solidarity, no to racism...but they forgot about the most important,
the fact of Dikn's death.
People pushed the fact of Dink's death into secondary position,
concentrating more on the reason of his assassination.
The assassin was a Turkish racist Ogul Samast who received his
punishment only recently.
Although the court gave Samast life sentence, however considering
that fact that at the time of his assassination he was a teenager,
the court decided to give him 23 years of imprisonment.
Before the verdict Samast family asked the TPE to make Samast family
name as a brand.
All we can do is hope that after 23 years Dink's soul that has turned
into a dove will fly over Samast's head to give him conscience.
yerkir.am
13:47 - 15.09.2011
Chief Editor of bilingual newspaper "Agos" Hrant Dink would become
57 years old today.
Months before his death he said that "they don't kill doves in
Turkey"... But Dink was wrong as in Turkey they kill doves and pave
ways for wolves.
Before the assassination Dink was accused according to the 301 article
of the Criminal Code, which condemns "insulting Turkish nation",
"When the prosecutors of Sishli accused me of insulting the Turkish
nation, I didn't have any worries. It was not the first time. I had
that kind of a problem in Urfa, when in a conference I said that
"I'm not Turkish, I'm Armenian that lives in Turkey".
That time I wasn't aware of the juridical process. My friends of
Urfa preceded that case without me. I was completely calm when giving
explanations in Shishli prosecution. At the end, all I wrote and all
I intended were obvious.
I was sure that the prosecutor would read my entire article instead
of the certain sentence, hence, would realize that I didn't have
any intention of "humiliating Turks" and will put an end to this
comedy. I was sure that the investigation will not allow them launch
a suit against me", said Dink.
Dink was wrong that time too as the court was not in a compassionate
attitude towards him.
"I could endure everything, but it was impossible to cope with it. I
believed that if someone humiliates a nation of the country he lives
in because of ethnic and religious differences, he becomes chauvinist,
which is unacceptable", said Dink angrily.
Hrant Dink was murdered in 2007 on February 19 in front of "Agos"
editorial.
Those days Turkey became a stage where every authority showed his
acting talent.
Funerals of Dink turned into "mass gathering" where many people
changed the meaning with style and were there only for quantity.
Turkish media was talking about many issues, such as philanthropy,
solidarity, no to racism...but they forgot about the most important,
the fact of Dikn's death.
People pushed the fact of Dink's death into secondary position,
concentrating more on the reason of his assassination.
The assassin was a Turkish racist Ogul Samast who received his
punishment only recently.
Although the court gave Samast life sentence, however considering
that fact that at the time of his assassination he was a teenager,
the court decided to give him 23 years of imprisonment.
Before the verdict Samast family asked the TPE to make Samast family
name as a brand.
All we can do is hope that after 23 years Dink's soul that has turned
into a dove will fly over Samast's head to give him conscience.