Hrant Dink was shot dead on January 17, 2007 outside the Istanbul offices of Agos, the bilingual Armenian weekly where he worked as editor-in-chief. 20 suspects have been arrested for the killing of the Turkish-Armenian journalist. Eight remain in custody, but none have been charged. To mark the anniversary of Dink’s assassination this week hundreds of people gathered outside the Agos offices to protest at the lack of progress in the case,
We believe there is an organized campaign to delay the
dissipation of the shroud of mist surrounding the Dink murder. His
assassination is certainly not the work of only 20 suspects. The police
should investigate very carefully how the assassination plan was
devised, how Dink was targeted and how the murder was carried out.
Officials at the Ä°stanbul and Trabzon police departments with suspected
links to the murder should be called to account. We, as the friends of
Hrant, will continue to raise our voices until the case into his murder
is concluded,” stated Özlem Dalkıran of the Helsinki Citizens’
Assembly. link