Orhan Kemal Cengiz: Turkey closed its eyes to the sins of Talaat and his associatesJanuary 15, 2010 - 19:54 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Hrant Dink was killed by the atmosphere, embraced the country in 1915. That dark side of the Turkish history was the cause of all moves directed against Dink. He knew very well about that "dark" side," wrote Orhan Kemal Cengiz. According to the Turkish newspaper Today's Zaman, Cengiz recalls that once Dink wrote an article about the adopted daughter of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk Sabiha Gokcen. "Dink wrote that she was Armenian, survived the massacres of 1915. This and other articles of Hrant Dink were reasons murdered the Armenian editor," the writer stressed. Orhan Kemal Cengiz also writes about the prosecution of Dink, the threats via e-mail and telephone. This suffocating atmosphere that killed Dink, originated in 1915 when Turkey closed its eyes to the sins of Talaat and his associates , the monsters that took away lives of thousands of people," the Turkish writer wrote. Hrant Dink was killed on January 19, 2007 at editorial office of the "Agos" newspaper in Istanbul. After nearly two years of the trial the perpetrators of the murder are not sentenced. More and more new details appear in the case, in particular, about the involvement of the Ergenekon terrorist organization. The murderer of Hrant Dink's, 18-year-old Ogun Samast was recognized an adult at the time of the murder. Investigation also revealed that the direct perpetrator of the order was a completely different person. After Hrant Dink's assassination a Nobel laureate Orhan Pamuk, being threatened, left Turkey. Top stories David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. The number of state universities will be reduced from 23 to 8 by 2030, Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport Zhanna Andreasyan has said. From September 21 to November 11, a total of 2,820 Russians registered at a place of residence in Armenia, the police has said. The situation on the contact line between Karabakh and Azerbaijan was relatively stable overnight, the Defense Army says. Partner news | Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia. Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. |