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Crowd is paying tribute to the memory of Hrant Dink in front of `Agos'
editorial office
17:49, 19 January, 2013
YEREVAN, JANUARY 19, ARMENPRESS: Rally have been organizing in
Istanbul dedicated to the 6th anniversary of assassination of
prominent Armenian journalist from Istanbul, chief editor of `Agos'
weekly Hrant Dink. As reports Armenpress, as during previous years,
this year as well a big crowd has gathered at Shishli square of
Istanbul to rally to editorial office of `Agos'. People are hanging
posters with `We all are Armenians, we all are Dink' notes.
Those gathered in front of `Agos' are singing Armenian and Turkish
songs, waiting for the murder hour to pay tribute to the memory of
Hrant Dink. People are expecting the final investigation of the case
when the real responsible of the crime will be found and sentenced.
6 years have passed after the assassination of prominent Armenian
journalist from Istanbul, chief editor of `Agos' weekly Hrant Dink.
Hrant Dink was shot dead in Shishli district of Istanbul on January
19, 2007. After leaving the murder shouted `giaour' giving basis for
suspicion that the murder was committed based on nationalist hatred.
Dink was one of those intellectuals, famous for their fearless
speeches being numerously persecuted for that.
editorial office
17:49, 19 January, 2013
YEREVAN, JANUARY 19, ARMENPRESS: Rally have been organizing in
Istanbul dedicated to the 6th anniversary of assassination of
prominent Armenian journalist from Istanbul, chief editor of `Agos'
weekly Hrant Dink. As reports Armenpress, as during previous years,
this year as well a big crowd has gathered at Shishli square of
Istanbul to rally to editorial office of `Agos'. People are hanging
posters with `We all are Armenians, we all are Dink' notes.
Those gathered in front of `Agos' are singing Armenian and Turkish
songs, waiting for the murder hour to pay tribute to the memory of
Hrant Dink. People are expecting the final investigation of the case
when the real responsible of the crime will be found and sentenced.
6 years have passed after the assassination of prominent Armenian
journalist from Istanbul, chief editor of `Agos' weekly Hrant Dink.
Hrant Dink was shot dead in Shishli district of Istanbul on January
19, 2007. After leaving the murder shouted `giaour' giving basis for
suspicion that the murder was committed based on nationalist hatred.
Dink was one of those intellectuals, famous for their fearless
speeches being numerously persecuted for that.