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Hurriyet Daily News, Turkey
Jan 19 2014
Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink commemorated seven years after his murder
ISTANBUL
Seven years have already passed since the hate murder against
Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink, the highly esteemed former
editor-in-chief of weekly Agos, as a new commemoration looms without
light having been shed to the killing.
Police have taken tight security measures around Istanbul's Taksim
Squre and closed Gezi Park, ahead of the planned commemoration of Dink
on the anniversary of his murder.
The Friends of Hrant Dink organization, established in memory of the
late journalist, has called for a march Jan. 19 starting at 1:30 p.m.
from Taksim Square and will end with homage to Dink in front of Agos
newspaper's building in Pangaltı.
In the sidelines of the march, the Hrant Dink Human Rights Conference
was organized for the sixth time at BoÄ?aziçi University with the
attendance of the renowned French sociologist Loïc Wacquant.
Another commemorative event was held in front of the house where Dink
was born in his native Malatya on Jan. 18.
Dink was murdered in broad daylight in front of his newspaper's
building on Jan. 19, 2007 by a 17-year-old Turkish nationalist. The
triggerman Ogün Samast was convicted of premeditated murder and
sentenced to 22 years and 10 months of prison after a two year-trial,
but the trial pertaining to the plotters of the assassination has
since become a byzantine lawsuit.
The court also ruled Dink's murder was not from 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.
The acquittal of top suspects was ultimately overturned by the Supreme
Court of Appeals and many key suspects charged as the instigators of
the murder, such as Yasin Hayal and Erhan Tuncel, are currently being
retried.
The callers of the commemorative march have also denounced the trial
process, blaming the state for protecting those responsible for the
murder.
The march will one more year use the slogan `Buradayız Ahparig!' (We
are here, brother[in Armenian]) to draw attention to the trial
process.
The Friends of Hrant Dink organization claims that almost all of the
civil servants who were involved in the death of the journalist were
promoted by the government.
January/18/2014
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/turkish-armenian-journalist-hrant-dink-commemorated-seven-years-after-his-murder.aspx?pageID=238&nID=61219&NewsCatID=339
Jan 19 2014
Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink commemorated seven years after his murder
ISTANBUL
Seven years have already passed since the hate murder against
Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink, the highly esteemed former
editor-in-chief of weekly Agos, as a new commemoration looms without
light having been shed to the killing.
Police have taken tight security measures around Istanbul's Taksim
Squre and closed Gezi Park, ahead of the planned commemoration of Dink
on the anniversary of his murder.
The Friends of Hrant Dink organization, established in memory of the
late journalist, has called for a march Jan. 19 starting at 1:30 p.m.
from Taksim Square and will end with homage to Dink in front of Agos
newspaper's building in Pangaltı.
In the sidelines of the march, the Hrant Dink Human Rights Conference
was organized for the sixth time at BoÄ?aziçi University with the
attendance of the renowned French sociologist Loïc Wacquant.
Another commemorative event was held in front of the house where Dink
was born in his native Malatya on Jan. 18.
Dink was murdered in broad daylight in front of his newspaper's
building on Jan. 19, 2007 by a 17-year-old Turkish nationalist. The
triggerman Ogün Samast was convicted of premeditated murder and
sentenced to 22 years and 10 months of prison after a two year-trial,
but the trial pertaining to the plotters of the assassination has
since become a byzantine lawsuit.
The court also ruled Dink's murder was not from 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.
The acquittal of top suspects was ultimately overturned by the Supreme
Court of Appeals and many key suspects charged as the instigators of
the murder, such as Yasin Hayal and Erhan Tuncel, are currently being
retried.
The callers of the commemorative march have also denounced the trial
process, blaming the state for protecting those responsible for the
murder.
The march will one more year use the slogan `Buradayız Ahparig!' (We
are here, brother[in Armenian]) to draw attention to the trial
process.
The Friends of Hrant Dink organization claims that almost all of the
civil servants who were involved in the death of the journalist were
promoted by the government.
January/18/2014
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/turkish-armenian-journalist-hrant-dink-commemorated-seven-years-after-his-murder.aspx?pageID=238&nID=61219&NewsCatID=339