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NATIONALISTS UNFURL BANNER HAILING ASSASSIN OF HRANT DINK AT KHOJALY MASSACRE COMMEMORATION
Hurriyet Daily News, Turkey
Feb 24 2014
ISTANBUL
A group of ultranationalists unfurled a racist banner praising Ogun
Samast, the assassin of the Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink
as they marched to commemorate the Khojaly Massacre in Istanbul on Feb.
23, daily Agos has reported.
"Hooray for Ogun Samast! Down with Hrant Dink! Salute Azerbaijan and
keep on fighting," read the banner.
Dink was the editor-in-chief of Agos, which has been the voice of the
small Armenian community in Istanbul for several decades and was shot
dead by Samast in front of his office in Istanbul on Jan. 19, 2007.
The group reportedly identified themselves as "soldiers of Alparslan
Turkeş," who was a nationalist politician and founder of Nationalist
Movement Party (MHP). They began to march from Şişli to Taksim square,
but were prevented by the police.
The group dispersed after making a press statement, saying people in
Turkey were ignorant of the massacre.
During the massacre, hundreds of ethnic Azerbaijanis - the majority of
whom were women and children - were killed during the Nagorno-Karabakh
conflict. According to international observers, the killing of 613
civilians was committed by ethnic Armenian armed forces, reportedly
with the help of Russian soldiers.
February/24/2014
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/nationalists-unfurl-banner-hailing-assassin-of-hrant-dink-at-khojaly-massacre-commemoration.aspx?pageID=238&nID=62849&NewsCatID= 341
Hurriyet Daily News, Turkey
Feb 24 2014
ISTANBUL
A group of ultranationalists unfurled a racist banner praising Ogun
Samast, the assassin of the Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink
as they marched to commemorate the Khojaly Massacre in Istanbul on Feb.
23, daily Agos has reported.
"Hooray for Ogun Samast! Down with Hrant Dink! Salute Azerbaijan and
keep on fighting," read the banner.
Dink was the editor-in-chief of Agos, which has been the voice of the
small Armenian community in Istanbul for several decades and was shot
dead by Samast in front of his office in Istanbul on Jan. 19, 2007.
The group reportedly identified themselves as "soldiers of Alparslan
Turkeş," who was a nationalist politician and founder of Nationalist
Movement Party (MHP). They began to march from Şişli to Taksim square,
but were prevented by the police.
The group dispersed after making a press statement, saying people in
Turkey were ignorant of the massacre.
During the massacre, hundreds of ethnic Azerbaijanis - the majority of
whom were women and children - were killed during the Nagorno-Karabakh
conflict. According to international observers, the killing of 613
civilians was committed by ethnic Armenian armed forces, reportedly
with the help of Russian soldiers.
February/24/2014
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/nationalists-unfurl-banner-hailing-assassin-of-hrant-dink-at-khojaly-massacre-commemoration.aspx?pageID=238&nID=62849&NewsCatID= 341