On the occasion of the 55th birthday anniversary of the well-known Armenia journalist Hrant Dink, who was assassinated in Istanbul in January 2007, the Hrant Dink International Fund held a commemoration meeting and awarded prizes to the journalist Alper Gurm Alper Görmüş and to the Israeli journalist Amira Hass, reported the Bianet website.

On September 15, the Fund held a party at the Resid Rey hall in Istanbul. Among the guests were Hrant Dinks family, colleagues and human rights activists. Among about the 500 guests were State Minister Egemen Bağış, Chairman of the Human Rights Commission Zafer Üskül, the member of the Democratic Society Party (Demokratik Toplum Partisi, DTP), deputy Akın Birdal, deputy Ufuk Uras, representatives of the EU mission in Turkey, other celebrities.

This year, the prize-awarding committee consisted of Ali Bayramoğlu (Chairman), Chairperson of the Hrant Dink Fund Rakel Dink, Etyen Mahçupyan and others.