The Assassination of Hrant Dink

[Joseph]

"In Turkey, more than 1,200,000 Armenians were put to death for no other reason than they were Christians… . After the end of the war, some 150 Turkish war criminals were arrested and interned by the British Government on the Island of Malta. The Armenians sent a delegation to the peace conference in Versailles. They were demanding justice. Then one day, the delegation read in the newspapers that all Turkish war criminals were released. I was shocked. A nation was killed and the guilty persons were set free. Why is a man punished when he kills another man? Why is the killing of a million a lesser crime than the killing of a single individual?”

Raphael Lemkin



To all Turks who express remorse over the death of this one man I ask - when will you express remorse over the death (deliberate extermination) of our entire people and the purposefully squelching of our culture and civilization? This single death/killing (of Hrant Dink) can only be viewed in the context of the continuing effort by the Turkish people/society/government to eliminate and disenfranchise the Armenians of Anatolia. By your denials (individually, on the part of your government and as a people) you perpetuate the Armenian Genocide - you are a full and guilty partner. Your expressions of remorse for this one death ring hollow and are at their core insincere. You have no concept of our pain and no internalization of the true shame you should feel as a people. Dink was Armenian. He lived in Turkey and was a citizen of your nation - however he was no Turk. He was just another victim of Turks. So you can take your shallow expressions of remorse and solidarity and shove it as far as they will go - maybe you will shake something loose that is covering up your humanity and maybe when you can demonstrate some evidence that such a thing has occured - maybe then we can talk. Until then you are worthy of nothing but blame and despite for this murder and the fact that none of our dead or our living can rest in peace until justice prevails.

In the same vein as 1.5 million I profer Demirels remarks (Erdogans remarKs are just as hypocritica)l:


A gun shot while Demirel was talking about Mrs. Nazmiye

We were talking with Süleyman Demirel on Nazmiye Demirel, his wife. As soon as he told thank God she is fine, he set his eyes on television with the subtitle "Hrant Dink was murdered." His first reaction: "very bad. Very great provocation. It is very bad in an environment where Armenian claims are displayed in European Parliaments. The world does not search for truth. It is not occupied with the truth. What is behind that? A vulgar murder. Turkey is wanted to be encumbered with new issues. We are faced with the insults that we do not deserve. Everyone is going to speak whether he knows or not. We should be calm and patient."

Publish Date: 20.01.2007
Link: http://english.sabah.com.tr/D65C8174...1187EBA3A.html

[TURKIYE]

killer catch.

[Hovik]

killer catch.

Until all of Turkish society and it's ignorance, nationalism and hate are caught, the killer will be on the loose...

[TURKIYE]

http://english.sabah.com.tr/AC86BDE8321549B59C1822176AFDF9FE.html

[TURKIYE]

killer 17 age.

[Joseph]

killer 17 age.

Awful..just like that kid who killed the Catholic priest

[Hovik]

My personal tribute:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SijWiIB5wkc

[Joseph]

I know that in the 1st World War 5 million Turks were killed, I wonder if you care about them????

I'm living 100 paces from Agos Newspaper, I saw Hrant Dink nearly every morning, unfortunately I've never been introduced to him; but I assure you that he was the one who understood the Turks and Armenians more correctly than the rest of Armenians and tried to build a bridge across the to nations, HE WAS NOT AS BLIND AS MOST OF US....

That would be like the Koreans caring about the Japanese killed in Hiroshima during WWII or the Jews caring about the Germans killed in Dresden or the Bosnians caring about the Serbs killed in the NATO bomardments of Belgrade in 1999. What an insult. Why should Armenians care about the people who eradicated them from their homeland in Anatolia in just about every possible way?

[Hovik]

That would be like the Koreans caring about the Japanese killed in Hiroshima during WWII or the Jews caring about the Germans killed in Dresden or the Bosnians caring about the Serbs killed in the NATO bomardments of Belgrade in 1999. What an insult. Why should Armenians care about the people who eradicated them from their homeland in Anatolia in just about every possible way?

Turkey's WW1 casualties were casualties of war, Ottoman Armenian casualties were casualties of Genocide. You want symathy, go talk to your WW1 enemies... They killed your troops and your government killed their innocent citizens...

[Joseph]

Turkey's WW1 casualties were casualties of war, Ottoman Armenian casualties were casualties of Genocide. You want symathy, go talk to your WW1 enemies... They killed your troops and your government killed their innocent citizens...

Most Turks seem unable to blame the facsism and adventurism of the leadership of the CUP which got them into the war to begin with.