What the records say
- When
- 19 Jan 2007
- Kind
- Murder
- Coordinates
- 41.05° N, 28.99° E
- Description
- 2007 assassination of Turkish-Armenian journalist
Assassination of Hrant Dink
2007 murder of Turkish-Armenian journalist
The prominent Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink was assassinated in Istanbul on 19 January 2007. Dink was a newspaper editor who had written and spoken about the Armenian genocide and was well known for his efforts for reconciliation between Turks and Armenians and his advocacy of human and minority rights in Turkey.
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