ISTANBUL — 2007 · Murder
Assassination of Hrant Dink
Hrant Dink, editor-in-chief of the newspaper Agos, was shot dead outside the paper's building in Şişli on 19 January 2007. The gunman was under 18 at the time; tried in a juvenile court, he was sentenced in 2011 to 22 years and 10 months. The Constitutional Court ruled that no effective investigation had been carried out. In the main trial, in which public officials were also tried, 26 defendants were convicted and 37 acquitted on 26 March 2021. The case has been at the centre of debates on press freedom and state responsibility.
- Date
- 2007
- Place
- Şişli, Istanbul
- Category
- Murder
- Case Status
- Solved
- Coordinates
- 41.0560, 28.9860 ↗
Timeline of Events
- 19 January 2007Hrant Dink was killed outside the Agos building.
- 25 July 2011The gunman was sentenced to 22 years 10 months by a juvenile court.
- 2014The Constitutional Court ruled there had been no effective investigation.
- 26 March 202126 defendants were convicted in the main trial.
Sources
- T24 – AYM: Etkili soruşturma yapılmadı t24.com.tr ↗
- Vikipedi – Hrant Dink suikastı tr.wikipedia.org ↗
- Bianet – Dink cinayeti bianet.org ↗
- T24
- Bianet
- Milliyet
- Anadolu Ajansı
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🕯️ This record was prepared with respect, in memory of those who lost their lives.