A lawsuit is filed by foundation in honor of Hrant Dink
A lawsuit has been filed by a foundation set up in honor of the murdered Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink in Turkey. The former editor of Agos was murdered in 2007 by a young nationalist whose links to a group of ultra-nationalists, codenamed Ergenekon, operating within the security forces and state bureaucracy are now being investigated. "In the whole of the documentary the word 'Armenian' has been used thousands of times and only with negative connotations," the Foundation said, The Times reports.
As it is mentioned in the article, Mr Dink had been one of several high-profile intellectuals, also including Orhan Pamuk, the Nobel literature laureate, and Elif Shafak, the bestselling author, who had been sued by nationalist lawyers over comments and writings alluding Armenian Genocide. "You can see that all those cases were part of a project of manipulation ... There is a sick, abnormal tissue of Turkish society that is poisoned by a nationalist, racist virus," said Ufuk Uras, an independent MP.
As it is mentioned in the article, Mr Dink had been one of several high-profile intellectuals, also including Orhan Pamuk, the Nobel literature laureate, and Elif Shafak, the bestselling author, who had been sued by nationalist lawyers over comments and writings alluding Armenian Genocide. "You can see that all those cases were part of a project of manipulation ... There is a sick, abnormal tissue of Turkish society that is poisoned by a nationalist, racist virus," said Ufuk Uras, an independent MP.
