Dink murder trial opens in Turkey; Eighteen people go on trial in Istanbul over the murder of Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink.

Hrant Dink was one of Turkey's most prominent Armenian voices

 

Why they killed Hrant Dink?

By Maureen Freely

Following the protests at the murder of Hrant Dink, observers hoped that prime minister Tayyip Erdogan would be forced to take action against the growing wave of ultra-nationalism in Turkey. That nothing happened ought to be no surprise, writes Maureen Freely. After all, it's the State and not the government that runs Turkey. And what the State wants, the State gets.........

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Amnesty International Calls for Real Justice for Slain Turkish-Armenian Journalist Hrant Dink

there is another trial in İzmir!

Mustafa Akyol in Atilla Yayla and the Emperor’s latest clothes

We are not supposed to explore facts about Atatürk to figure out who he really was. No. Our elders have already figured out who he was, and facts are simply irrelevant – and sometimes even criminal. ....on July 2, a Turkish professor will be on trial in İzmir. The prosecutor will ask the judges that he should be put in prison for three years for the crime he committed in the same city about six months ago. The alleged felony is not something like theft, robbery or fraud, though. It is about “insulting Atatürk,” Turkey's revered founder, and the accused is Dr. Atilla Yayla, who teaches political science at Ankara's Gazi University and who is also the founder of the Association for Liberal Thinking....

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