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Hrant Dink

Turkish-Armenian newspaper editor, journalist, and columnist (1954-2007) · Turkey · Journalists · Died at 52

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Hrant Dink was a Turkish-Armenian journalist, founder and editor-in-chief of Agos. As editor-in-chief of the bilingual Turkish-Armenian newspaper Agos, Dink was a prominent member of the Armenian minority in Turkey best known for advocating Turkish-Armenian reconciliation and human and minority rights in Turkey.

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2007Died19 January 2007Hermann Kesten PrizeAwardInternational Press Institute World Press Freedom HeroesAward2006Bjørnson PrizeAwardOxfam Novib/PEN AwardAward1954Born15 September 1954

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Hermann Kesten Prize2007
International Press Institute World Press Freedom Heroes2007
Bjørnson Prize2006
Oxfam Novib/PEN Award2006
Henri Nannen Award
Johann Philipp Palm Award

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Hrant Dink was a Turkish-Armenian journalist, founder and editor-in-chief of Agos. As editor-in-chief of the bilingual Turkish-Armenian newspaper Agos, Dink was a prominent member of the Armenian minority in Turkey best known for advocating Turkish-Armenian reconciliation and human and minority rights in Turkey. He was often critical of both Turkey's denial of the Armenian genocide and of the Armenian diaspora's campaign for its international recognition. Dink was prosecuted three times for "insulting Turkishness", while receiving numerous death threats from Turkish nationalists.

Country
Turkey
Category
Journalists
Type
Journalist
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1954 to 2007 · aged 52

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