Mourning an Armenian-Turkish editor
March 5th, 2007 by
As the nearly century-old debate rages half a world away about whether Turks committed genocide against Armenians, members of both cultures came together yesterday to commemorate what some see as the latest casualty of the conflict.
Hrant Dink, an Armenian-Turkish editor, was slain in Istanbul in January. His newspaper columns had long demanded respect and improved conditions for Armenians and recognition of the deep and tortured history of Armenians in Turkey. Dink was gunned down in broad daylight Jan. 19 on a sidewalk outside his office — allegedly by a teenage boy.
Hundreds of Armenian-Americans — and some Turkish-Americans — gathered yesterday for a commemoration known as a Karsunk,the traditional end of the mourning period of a person’s death and an opportunity to reflect on a person’s legacy. [Read More]
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