Arat Dink

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Arat Dink ( Armenian Արաթ Դինք ; * 1979 in Istanbul , Turkey ) is a Turkish journalist of Armenian descent and editor of Agos , a bilingual Turkish- Armenian weekly newspaper in Istanbul. He is the son of the previous editor-in-chief Hrant Dink , who was murdered in 2007 by the Turkish right-wing extremist Ogün Samast .

Legal proceedings against Hrant Dink

Arat Dink was tried as a co-defendant of the editor-in-chief of Agos - together with Serkis Seropyan , holder of the weekly newspaper's publishing license - in the third and last case opened against Hrant Dink for "denigrating Turkish citizenship" under Article 301 of the Turkish Penal Code . The case opened in September 2006 after Agos republished an interview by Hrant Dink on Reuters on July 14, 2006 , where Hrant described the 1915 mass murders of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire as genocide .

The lawsuit against Hrant Dink, originally set for March 22, 2007, was dropped for his murder at the first hearing in the case and the hearing was postponed to June 14, 2007. It continued against Serkis Seropyan and Arat Dink - at the second Trial on July 18, 2007. At the trial, Arat Dink accused the judges of contributing to his father's murder. Arat said (quoted by the Anatolia News Agency ):

"I think it is primitive, absurd and dangerous to see the recognition of the historical event genocide as an insult to Turkish identity."

- Arat Dink

Proceedings for "insulting Turkish people"

On October 11, 2007, Arat Dink was convicted of "insulting Turkish identity" for republishing his father's remarks. He was sentenced to one year probation for "insulting Turkish people", like his father before.

honors and awards

Arat Dink received the Guardian Journalism Award from the Index on Censorship on April 21, 2008 .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Turkey: Prosecution of journalist is harassment. (No longer available online.) Amnesty International , September 27, 2006, archived from the original on September 30, 2007 ; Retrieved January 24, 2007 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / amnesty.org.uk
  2. ↑ a b Two acquittals, one postponement. (No longer available online.) Agos , June 15, 2007, archived from the original on September 29, 2007 ; Retrieved June 26, 2007 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.agos.com.tr
  3. ↑ PEN Alarmed by Murder of Armenian-Turkish Journalist. (No longer available online.) PEN American Center, Jan. 19, 2007, archived from the original on Feb. 4, 2007 ; Retrieved January 24, 2007 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.pen.org
  4. ↑ Gayane Danielian: Kocharian honors slain Turkish-Armenian editor. June 18, 2007, accessed June 26, 2007 .
  5. ↑ Son of slain ethnic Armenian journalist is convicted in Turkey of 'insulting Turkishness'. International Herald Tribune, October 11, 2007, accessed October 11, 2007 .
  6. ↑ In praise of ... Arat Dink. In: The Guardian. April 23, 2008, accessed July 1, 2008 .
personal data
SURNAME Dink, Arat
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Դինք, Արաթ (Armenian)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Turkish-Armenian journalist and editor-in-chief of the Agos
DATE OF BIRTH 1979
PLACE OF BIRTH Istanbul