Lets Remember Hrant Dink

Hrant Dink 15 Sep 1954 - 19 Jan 2007

Assassinated in Istanbul by 17 year old Turkish nationalist, Ogun Samast.
Why?
Couple of reasons -
he was Armenian,
he was a journalist, editor
he didn’t keep quit
he wanted the truthhe was brave

Quotes from Hrant:
“If I write about the Armenian Genocide it angers the Turkish generals. I want to write and ask how we can change this historical conflict into peace. They don’t know how to solve the Armenian problem.”
“I challenge the accepted version of history because I do not write about things in black and white. People here are used to black and white; that’s why they are astonished that there are other shades, too.”
“The prosecutions are not a surprise to me. They want to teach me a lesson because I am Armenian. They try to keep me quiet.”

9 days before his assassination, in his final Agos column he wrote:
“It is obvious that those wishing to alienate me and make me weak and defenseless reached their goal. Right now they have brought about a significant circle of people who are not low in numbers and who regard me as someone “insulting Turkish identity” due to dirty and false information.”
“My diary and the memory of my computer are full of messages from citizens of this circle full of range and threats.”

Lets Remember Hrant Dink.