Opinion
Justice as Joke: The Trial of Hrant Dink’s Murderers
When Hrant Dink was assassinated in front of the Agos newspaper offices in Istanbul, Turkey, five years ago on Jan. 19, 2007, the significance of this heinous act was not immediately understood. Neither the Turkish people nor the Turkish state, “deep” or otherwise, realized that this was not another murder of a journalist, so tragically common in Turkey. No one in Turkey could predict that this murder would become a turning point for Turkey on such far-reaching issues as democratization, fre
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Why not send a copy of this article to Hillary & Co.
Very well done
Good analysis and sound conclusion.
The domino has started to move.
Good article, but I have to say that even if Turkey put all the people who plotted to murder Hrant Dink in prison it would not change my mind about Turkey one iota.
When Turkey renovates an Armenian church it does not impress me either.
These are not things I am looking for from Turkey. They change nothing.
Erdogan’s little apology about the Dersim massacre of Kurds was irrelevant too.
What, you can wipe away the crime of genocide with one sentence, boo-hoo?
I am supposed to pay attention every time the Turks do something “nice”? I don’t care if they put half of Turkey in prison for Dink’s murder. I am not looking for good acts from Turkey. It’s not my goal and I suspect it’s not yours either. The goal is justice and defense. We are not Turkey’s reformers for heaven’s sake. Let us reform Hayastan first, if we can.
Turkey as a country is a Joke, not just its judicial system!
What can one expect from a society based on Genocide & Denial!
I have a question for those who understand Turkish politics.
Erdogan and his party have been able to root out their opponents in the military and deep state to some degree in large part because of the public revulsion against state murders, esp. Hrant Dink’s.
Is there any reason to believe that Erdogan’s party knew in advance of the murder and allowed it to proceed, knowing it would become stronger as a result, or actually played a part along with the ultra nationalists who wanted the job?