Hrant Dink

Hrant Dink was a Turkish-Armenian journalist and editor who founded the bilingual newspaper Agos. He was assassinated in Istanbul in 2007 after publicly addressing Armenian identity and the Armenian Genocide.

Agos: A bilingual Turkish-Armenian newspaper founded by Hrant Dink in Istanbul in 1996. Dink edited this newspaper and used it to bring Armenian concerns into Turkey’s public sphere.
Ogün Samast: The Turkish teenager who shot Hrant Dink outside the Agos offices in 2007. He carried out the assassination for which he was convicted.
Armenians in Turkey: The Armenian community that has lived in the territory of modern Turkey across centuries of political change. Dink’s journalism spoke from within this community and addressed its place in Turkish society.
Hrant Dink Foundation: A Turkish nonprofit established in 2007 to promote dialogue, human rights, and cultural diversity in Hrant Dink’s memory. His family and colleagues founded it to continue the work his assassination interrupted.
Rakel Dink: A Turkish-Armenian human-rights advocate and the widow of Hrant Dink. Her public response to Dink’s assassination became a defining appeal against hatred and violence.
Yasin Hayal: A Turkish ultranationalist convicted of organizing Hrant Dink’s assassination. His role in planning the attack connected the gunman to a wider nationalist network.
Armenian Genocide: The mass deportation and killing of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire during the First World War, recognized as genocide by many scholars and states. Dink urged open discussion of this history while seeking dialogue between Turks and Armenians.
We Are All Hrant Dink: A slogan used by demonstrators in Turkey after Hrant Dink’s assassination. It expressed solidarity with Dink and resistance to the threats and hatred surrounding his killing.
Orhan Pamuk: A Turkish novelist awarded the 2006 Nobel Prize in Literature. Like Dink, Pamuk faced prosecution and nationalist hostility after speaking about the Armenian Genocide.
Erhan Tuncel: A Turkish informant and associate of Yasin Hayal who was implicated in the Dink assassination plot. His relationship with police intelligence became central to questions about advance warnings and state responsibility.

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Armenian genocide recognitionRelated: His work challenged silence about the genocide within Turkey.