Mourners Remember Assassinated Armenian-Turkish Journalist

Today in Istanbul, Ankara and elsewhere in Turkey protesters gathered against Turkish nationalism. Hrant Dink, an Armenian-Turkish was a assassinated one year ago today by a Turkish ultra-nationalist. Dink worked for a left-wing newspaper and in an Armenian seminary in Turkey. He had been incarcerated prior to his death for publishing about the Armenian genocide that took place at the hands of the Turks during WWI. After being released he was gunned down by an attacker on the steps of the Armenian seminary where he worked. Subsequently, a government investigation fraught with improper conduct failed to answer important questions about who was behind the assassination. Protesters chanted in Armenian, Kurdish and Turkish, claiming the government was behind the murder, advocating for a new investigation, and calling for a more democratic and pluralistic Turkey.

Coverage from El Pais