Mourning and protest demonstrations were held Sunday, in numerous Turkish cities, on the occasion of the seventh anniversary of the assassination of Hrant Dink; but the main remembrance event was held in Istanbul. 

Thousands of ordinary people, NGO representatives, artists and politicians gathered at Taksim Square in Istanbul. After short speeches, the demonstrators marched toward the building where the editorial of Agos Armenian weekly is located.

The participants in the march of mourning held signs that read “We are all Hrant, we are all Armenian,” “For Hrant, for justice,” “We are here, ahparig [brother, in Armenian],” etc.     

Hrant Dink, the founder and former chief editor of Agos, was killed on January 19, 2007 in front of the building where Agos’ editorial is located. The ongoing trials into Dink’s murder, however, have not yet exposed those behind this assassination.