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"We want to get rid ourselves of this shame. They tell us the Dink affair has come to an end, but the truth is that it is only the beginning,” cried Turkish-Armenian journalist Karin Karaksli with excitement as she spoke from the balcony of the headquarters of "Agos,” Istanbul’s Armenian weekly newspaper. "This is not a closed case, it is a wound,” she added, expressing the feelings of thousands of raging protesters that gathered in front of the newspaper last Thursday.
Hrant Dink was assassinated in broad daylight, on January 19, 2007, at the hands of a 17-year-old Turkish nationalist. Dink – an editor at Agos – called for reconciliation between Turks and Armenians, and criticized the government’s refusal to recognize the Armenian Massacre. As a result, he was "marked” by nationalist forces as an enemy of the Turkish people, and was to be eliminated.
Exactly five years have passed since an investigation into the killing was opened. Members of the Armenian community, as well as large parts of the Turkish public – specifically liberals who advocate for minority rights, and nationalists who see the Armenians as enemies – had been waiting for the verdict. Last Wednesday, the verdict was published, causing an uproar no less severe than the one which followed the assassination itself. The court ruled that the killer, Orgun Samast, who was 17 when he killed Dink, acted alone, and that there is no proof that he was a member of a terrorist organization. (...)
The assassination that changed Turkey's minds over Armenia
Haaretz Daily Newspaper 24 January 2012
By Zvi Bar'el
By Zvi Bar'el
Hrant Dink was assassinated in broad daylight, on January 19, 2007, at the hands of a 17-year-old Turkish nationalist. Dink – an editor at Agos – called for reconciliation between Turks and Armenians, and criticized the government’s refusal to recognize the Armenian Massacre. As a result, he was "marked” by nationalist forces as an enemy of the Turkish people, and was to be eliminated.
Exactly five years have passed since an investigation into the killing was opened. Members of the Armenian community, as well as large parts of the Turkish public – specifically liberals who advocate for minority rights, and nationalists who see the Armenians as enemies – had been waiting for the verdict. Last Wednesday, the verdict was published, causing an uproar no less severe than the one which followed the assassination itself. The court ruled that the killer, Orgun Samast, who was 17 when he killed Dink, acted alone, and that there is no proof that he was a member of a terrorist organization. (...)
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