Hrant Dink honored with Freedom of Press 2007 award posthumously
Agos Turkish-Armenian newspaper editor Hrant Dink was posthumously honored with Freedom of Press 2007 award of the Union of Journalists of Turkey.
The award is given to those who were prosecuted under article 301. Ragip Zakaroglu and lawyer Gulcin Caylergilu were also awarded. Zakaroglu was the first to translate Franz Werfel's "40 days of Musa Dag", the book telling about the Armenian Genocide of 1915.
The awarding ceremony will take place July 24 in the Dolmabahce Palace built by Armenian architect Garabet Amira Balyan and his son Nigogayos Balyan by order of sultan Abdulmecid I.
The award is given to those who were prosecuted under article 301. Ragip Zakaroglu and lawyer Gulcin Caylergilu were also awarded. Zakaroglu was the first to translate Franz Werfel's "40 days of Musa Dag", the book telling about the Armenian Genocide of 1915.
The awarding ceremony will take place July 24 in the Dolmabahce Palace built by Armenian architect Garabet Amira Balyan and his son Nigogayos Balyan by order of sultan Abdulmecid I.
