Film about Hrant Dink to be screened in Istanbul

PanARMENIAN.Net - In the framework of film festival the film "From 19 January to 19 January", devoted to the editor-in chief of the Agos newspaper Hrant Dink will be screened on Thursday at 6:30 p.m. at the İstanbul Technical University. The film directed by Ümit Kıvanç will be shown as a part of Istanbul's Osmanlı Bank Museum's film program.



Hrant Dink was killed on January 19, 2007 by the nationalist Ogyun Samast near the office of the Agos newspaper in Istanbul. Under Turkish law, Samast can be sentenced to life imprisonment, since at the time of the killing, he was already an adult. Earlier the Turkish press said that at the time of the killing Samast was 17 years old.



Ergenekon is  ultra nationalist organization in  Turkey with ties to members of the country's military and security forces. The group is accused of terrorism in Turkey. It is named after Ergenekon, a mythical place located in the inaccessible valleys of the Altay Mountains. Alleged members have been indicted on charges of plotting to  foment unrest, among other things by assassinating intellectuals, politicians, judges, military staff, and religious leaders, with the ultimate goal of toppling the pro-Western incumbent government in a coup that was planned to take place in 2009.  Turkey has already been through four "successful" military coups since democratic elections were first held in 1950.