'Deep state' killed Hrant Dink
"Turkey's atmosphere of intolerance is to blame for the murder of Hrant Dink," Turkish academic in the United States Taner Akcam said Thursday.
"Turkey's "deep state" is guilty of masterminding last year's killing of Dink, a prominent Turkish-Armenian newspaper editor," said Akcam.
"This "deep state" is an underground coalition of part of the security forces and unelected bureaucrats determined to impede Turkey's democratization. Dink's murder was much more complicated than an isolated crime and was a result of a "dangerous mindset," he added, Turkish Daily News reports.
Dink, editor of the Armenian-Turkish Agos newspaper, was shot to death in front of his Istanbul office on Jan. 19, 2007. A nationalist youth, Ogun Samast was apprehended for the murder and has confessed to the crime. His trial is ongoing.
"Turkey's "deep state" is guilty of masterminding last year's killing of Dink, a prominent Turkish-Armenian newspaper editor," said Akcam.
"This "deep state" is an underground coalition of part of the security forces and unelected bureaucrats determined to impede Turkey's democratization. Dink's murder was much more complicated than an isolated crime and was a result of a "dangerous mindset," he added, Turkish Daily News reports.
Dink, editor of the Armenian-Turkish Agos newspaper, was shot to death in front of his Istanbul office on Jan. 19, 2007. A nationalist youth, Ogun Samast was apprehended for the murder and has confessed to the crime. His trial is ongoing.
