Hrant Dink

Hrant Dink
Born(1954-09-15)September 15, 1954
Malatya, Turkey
DiedJanuary 19, 2007(2007-01-19) (aged 52)
Istanbul, Turkey
Cause of deathGunshot wounds
NationalityArmenian
CitizenshipTurkish
Alma materIstanbul University
Occupations
Notable workFounder and editor-in-chief of Agos
Spouse
Rakel Yağbasan
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(m. 1976)​
ChildrenDelal, Arat, Sera

Hrant Dink (Armenian: Հրանդ Տինք, IPA: [həɹɑnt diːnk]) (15 September 1954 – 19 January 2007) was a Turkish-Armenian editor, journalist and columnist.[1]

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

On 19 January 2007, Dink was shot three times in Istanbul by Ogün Samast, a 17 year old ultra-nationalist Turk. He was pronounced dead at the scene. He was 52 years old.

A panorama from Halaskargazi boulevard. One hundred thousand mourners marched in Dink's funeral, protesting his murder. 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.
  • Minorities in Turkey

References

  1. ↑ "Trial in Editor's Killing Opens, Testing Rule of Law in Turkey". Retrieved 2020-06-08.

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