On January 19, National Library of Armenia will host an event in commemoration of Agos Armenian-Turkish newspaper editor Hrant Dink.

The event, entitled Treaty of Sevres and Hrant Dink, will feature video materials, articles, photos, books portraying the life and work of the journalist.

Hrant Dink (September 15, 1954 - January 19, 2007) was a Turkish- Armenian journalist and columnist and editor-in-chief of Agos bilingual newspaper. Dink was best known for advocating Turkish-Armenian reconciliation and human and minority rights in Turkey. Charged under the notorious article 301 of the Turkish Criminal Code, Dink stood a trial for insulting Turkishness. After numerous death threats, Hrant Dink was assassinated in Istanbul in January 2007, by Ogun Samast, a 17-year old Turkish nationalist.