Content tagged with Hrant Dink

Republic of Organized Forgetting
Republic of Organized Forgetting
19 January 2018 Salpi Ghazarian
Hrant Dink commemorated in Euro Armenian Games
Hrant Dink commemorated in Euro Armenian Games
Two teams from Istanbul gained success in Euro Armenian Games which was held in Geneva between April 14 and 16. “Sassoun Lugano” team from Switzerland featured Hrant Dink's photo on their uniform.
21 April 2017 İşhan Erdinç
Friends of Hrant: it's been 10 years and we are still waiting for justice
Friends of Hrant: it's been 10 years and we are still waiting for justice
Before the 11th rounds of hearings of Dink murder case, Friends of Hrant were in front of the courthouse once again, demanding justice.
6 February 2017
Rakel Dink: Come, let us do away with the restlessness of doves in this country
Rakel Dink: Come, let us do away with the restlessness of doves in this country
Full text of the speech that Rakel Dink gave on the 10th anniversary of the murder of Hrant Dink.
19 January 2017 Haber Merkezi
Commemorating Hrant Dink
Commemorating Hrant Dink
On the 10th year of the murder, Hrant Dink is commemorated where he was shot.
19 January 2017 Haber Merkezi
Commemorating Hrant Dink
Commemorating Hrant Dink
Hrant Dink, the founder of our newspaper, will be commemorated in Istanbul and various cities in the world on the 10th anniversary of his passing away.
11 January 2017 Haber Merkezi
8th Hrant Dink Award Ceremony to be held on September 22
8th Hrant Dink Award Ceremony to be held on September 22
Since 2009, the International Hrant Dink Award has been given in memory of Hrant Dink, who was born on September 15, 1954. This year, the award will be given for the 8th time.
9 September 2016 Haber Merkezi
Journalist Ercan Gül and Lieutenant Colonel Metin Yıldız arrested
Journalist Ercan Gül and Lieutenant Colonel Metin Yıldız arrested
As part of Dink murder case, Chief of Trabzon Gendarmerie Intelligence Branch Lieutenant Colonel Metin Yıldız and Fox TV News Director Ercan Gül are arrested.
25 August 2016
As part of Hrant Dink murder investigation, 5 people detained
As part of Hrant Dink murder investigation, 5 people detained
As part of the investigation on Hrant Dink murder, 1 lieutenant colonel, 2 non-commissioned officers, 1 specialized sergeant and owner of a publishing house are detained.
27 July 2016 Gözde Kazaz
Ercan Demir: Dinç was in charge
Ercan Demir: Dinç was in charge
The hearings of public officials as part of Dink case continues with the defence of Ercan Demir, who was the Trabzon Intelligence Branch Chief at the time of murder.
22 June 2016 Gözde Kazaz
Agos' archive: “a German treat” from Hrant Dink
Agos' archive: “a German treat” from Hrant Dink
Today, in Agos' archive, we go back to 2005, when Germany brought the Armenian Genocide to the parliamentary agenda for the first time. Here is Hrant Dink's article “a German treat”*.
3 June 2016 Haber Merkezi
Dink case postponed to June 20
Dink case postponed to June 20
The hearings ended with the defense of the former Trabzon Provincial Police Chief Reşat Altay, who was in office at the time of murder. Refusing the demands of release, the court postponed the case to June 20.
26 May 2016 Uygar Gültekin
Dink case resumes on
Dink case resumes on
The case against the public officials as part of the main Dink case will continue on May 24.
23 May 2016
Trabzon gendarmerie intelligence office had been watching Dink 4 months before the murder
Trabzon gendarmerie intelligence office had been watching Dink 4 months before the murder
It is revealed that Trabzon gendarmerie intelligence office had been watching Dink around his home 4 months before he was assassinated.
22 February 2016 Haber Merkezi
Agos' archive: A pigeon-like unease of my spirit
Agos' archive: A pigeon-like unease of my spirit
Today, in Agos' archive, there is an article by Hrant Dink, "A pigeon-like unease of my spirit", which was published in Agos on January 19, 2007.
20 January 2016 Hrant Dink
January 19 commemoration in Armenia
January 19 commemoration in Armenia
Hrant Dink is commemorated in Armenian capital Yerevan at the 9th anniversary of his death.
19 January 2016
Maside Ocak: Promise to our Hrant, our Tahir, we will continue your legacy of struggle
Maside Ocak: Promise to our Hrant, our Tahir, we will continue your legacy of struggle
Hrant Dink was commemorated in front of his newspaper on the 9th anniversary of his death. This year, the commemoration speech was read by Maside Ocak who is Hasan Ocak's sister and one of the members of Saturday Mothers (Cumartesi Anneleri).
19 January 2016
Longing for 9 years -Hrant Dink commemoration
Longing for 9 years -Hrant Dink commemoration
Hrant Dink is commemorated on the 9th anniversary of his death in front of the building of his newspaper, where he was shot.
19 January 2016 Haber Merkezi
Hrant Dink memorial ceremonies on the 9th anniversary
Hrant Dink memorial ceremonies on the 9th anniversary
Hrant Dink will be commemorated in Turkey and abroad on the 9th anniversary of his death.
18 January 2016
The International Hrant Dink Award Ceremony will be held tonight
The International Hrant Dink Award Ceremony will be held tonight
Today is the 61st birthday of Hrant Dink. The 7th of the International Hrant Dink Award, which is presented every year on September 15 in memory of Hrant Dink, will be presented in Istanbul Convention Center tonight.
15 September 2015 Haber Merkezi
Dink family’s lawyer Bakırcıoğlu evaluated Engin Dinç’s testimony: “The responsibility of the Directorate of Security of Trabzon cannot be set aside”
Dink family’s lawyer Bakırcıoğlu evaluated Engin Dinç’s testimony: “The responsibility of the Directorate of Security of Trabzon cannot be set aside”
Engin Dinç bore a testimony as a suspect 9 years after the assassination of Hrant Dink. In 2007, the year that Hrant Dink was assassinated, he was the chief of Provincial Intelligence Office of Trabzon and now, he serves as the head of Police Intelligence Department.
14 September 2015 Haber Merkezi
Gun pulled on group commemorating Dink
Gun pulled on group commemorating Dink
At the commemoration rally held in Malatya, an unidentified young man pulled a gun on the group. Police intervened before he could fire the weapon.
19 January 2015 Haber Merkezi
Murathan Mungan: They wanted to kill the language of peace
Murathan Mungan: They wanted to kill the language of peace
On the 8th anniversary of Hrant Dink’s assassination, poet and playwright Murathan Mungan spoke to the crowd gathered fort he commemoration ceremony: “One of Hrant Dink’s dreams was the opening of borders between Armenia and Turkey to allow for the two peoples to commingle. Friends, we should own up not only to the memory of our lost loved ones, but also to their dreams. And if that border were to be opened today, it would mean opening the door to so many other things. (…) The opening of that border would so much become the year 2015.”
19 January 2015
Hrant Dink commemorated at his graveside
Hrant Dink commemorated at his graveside
Agos founder and chief editor Hrant Dink was commemorated at his graveside on the 8th anniversary of his assassination with a ceremony attended by his family and friends.
18 January 2015 Miran Manukyan
Armenian identity is wounded with hatred
Armenian identity is wounded with hatred
Journalist Meline Toumani’s first book ‘There Was and There Was Not’ was recently published in the US and was met both with high acclaim and strong reaction. Drawing from her own experiences, Toumani’s book holds a critical mirror to Diaspora Armenians, and has received criticism from Armenian circles in the US, with some even calling for a boycott. We spoke to Toumani in New York.
16 January 2015 Nayat Karaköse
Hrant Dink’s name to be given to a street in his neighbourhood
Hrant Dink’s name to be given to a street in his neighbourhood
Bakırköy Municipality plans to give Hrant Dink’s name to a street in Bakırköy.
15 January 2015 Uygar Gültekin
Agos editorial – Not eight, but a hundred years
Agos editorial – Not eight, but a hundred years
From the January 19 editorial of Agos: It has been eight years since Hrant Dink was shot to death in front the offices of his own newspaper. From 2007 to 2015, the eight years that passed with the expectation and demand for justice. But that is not all; since 1915, a century has passed with the same expectation and demand.
15 January 2015
Two police officers arrested in Dink case
Two police officers arrested in Dink case
Former Chief of Police Özkan Mumcu and police officer Muhittin Zenit, for which arrest warrants had been issued within the scope of the Dink murder investigation, have been arrested
13 January 2015