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Dink to be remembered 6 years after his murder
http://www.armradio.am/en/2013/01/19/dink-to-be-remembered-6-years-after-his-murder/
12:55 19.01.2013
A commemoration for Hrant Dink, an assassinated Turkish Armenian
journalist, is scheduled for Jan. 19 in the sixth year since his
murder, which caused shock and consternation all across Turkey. As
every year, crowds will march from Å?iÅ?li to Taksim Square, stopping in
front of the offices of Agos, the weekly of which Dink was the
editor-in-chief.
The Friends of Hrant Dink organization established in memory of the
late journalist has called the event `We are here, brother' and is
preparing to call for justice during the demonstration, the Hurriyet
Daily News reports.
Dink was murdered on Jan. 19, 2007, in broad daylight in front of
Agos' building by Ogün Samast, a 17-year-old Turkish nationalist.
After a two-year trial, Samast was convicted of premeditated murder
and sentenced to 22 years and 10 months of prison.
The court also ruled that Dink's murder was not an organized crime
despite serious claims that some civil servants linked to the `deep
state' were `indirectly' involved, to the dismay of Dink's family and
supporters. However, this court decision was recently challenged in an
appeal. The prosecutor's office of the Supreme Court of Appeals asked
the top court to overturn the rulings in Dink's murder case Jan. 10,
arguing that there were enough elements to conclude that the
assassination was organized.
The Friends of Hrant Dink claim that almost all the civil servants who
were involved in the death of the journalist were protected and
promoted by the government.
http://www.armradio.am/en/2013/01/19/dink-to-be-remembered-6-years-after-his-murder/
12:55 19.01.2013
A commemoration for Hrant Dink, an assassinated Turkish Armenian
journalist, is scheduled for Jan. 19 in the sixth year since his
murder, which caused shock and consternation all across Turkey. As
every year, crowds will march from Å?iÅ?li to Taksim Square, stopping in
front of the offices of Agos, the weekly of which Dink was the
editor-in-chief.
The Friends of Hrant Dink organization established in memory of the
late journalist has called the event `We are here, brother' and is
preparing to call for justice during the demonstration, the Hurriyet
Daily News reports.
Dink was murdered on Jan. 19, 2007, in broad daylight in front of
Agos' building by Ogün Samast, a 17-year-old Turkish nationalist.
After a two-year trial, Samast was convicted of premeditated murder
and sentenced to 22 years and 10 months of prison.
The court also ruled that Dink's murder was not an organized crime
despite serious claims that some civil servants linked to the `deep
state' were `indirectly' involved, to the dismay of Dink's family and
supporters. However, this court decision was recently challenged in an
appeal. The prosecutor's office of the Supreme Court of Appeals asked
the top court to overturn the rulings in Dink's murder case Jan. 10,
arguing that there were enough elements to conclude that the
assassination was organized.
The Friends of Hrant Dink claim that almost all the civil servants who
were involved in the death of the journalist were protected and
promoted by the government.