Hrant Dink
Hrant Dink (Armenian: Հրանդ Տինք, IPA: [həɹɑnt diːnk]) (15 September 1954 – 19 January 2007) was a Turkish-Armenian editor, journalist and columnist.[1]
Hrant Dink | |
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Born | |
Died | January 19, 2007 | (aged 52)
Cause of death | Assassination |
Nationality | Armenian |
Citizenship | Turkish |
Alma mater | Istanbul University |
Occupation | |
Years active | ?–2007 |
Notable work | Founder and editor-in-chief of Agos |
Spouse(s) | Rakel Yağbasan (m. 1976) |
Children | Delal, Arat, Sera |
History
As editor-in-chief of the bilingual Turkish-Armenian newspaper Agos (Ակօս), Dink was a prominent member of the Armenian minority in Turkey.
Death
Hrant Dink was assassinated in Istanbul on 19 January 2007, by Ogün Samast, a 17 year old ultra-nationalist Turk.
A panorama from Halaskargazi boulevard. One hundred thousand mourners marched in Dink's funeral, protesting his assassination. The office of the Agos newspaper, where Dink was gunned down, is near the right edge of the image; it is in the first house to the right from the one with a large black banner hanging down.
Hrant Dink Media
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References
- ↑ (in en) Trial in Editor's Killing Opens, Testing Rule of Law in Turkey. https://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/03/world/europe/03turkey.html. Retrieved 2020-06-08.