Doves projected onto former Agos building to commemorate Hrant Dink
Doves are being projected onto the former building of the weekly Agos, where Hrant Dink was murdered, to commemorate the late journalist. The projection will continue until 6 p.m. Jan. 19.
Duvar English
Doves are being projected onto the former building of the weekly Agos, where Armenian-Turkish journalist Hrant Dink was murdered in broad daylight on Jan. 19, 2007, to commemorate him.
Dink, the editor-in-chief of Turkish-Armenian weekly Agos, was shot dead at the age of 52 in broad daylight by an ultranationalist outside his office in Istanbul's Şişli district on Jan. 19, 2007.
Ogün Samast, then a 17-year-old jobless high-school dropout, confessed to the killing and was sentenced to almost 23 years in jail back in 2011.
The case grew into a wider scandal after it emerged that security forces had been aware of a plot to kill Dink but failed to act.
While crowds gather each year at the spot that Dink was killed to commemorate him, this year's commemoration will be held online due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The projection will continue until 6 p.m. Jan. 19.