One of the WikiLeaks-published documents revealed conversation between the American diplomats and Hrant Dink, chief editor of Agos newspaper assassinated in 2007.

Turkish Haberler newspaper published a document according to which U.S. consul in Istanbul Deborah Jones had sent a report concerning Hrant Dink.

“Armenian and Turkish human rights defender Hrant Dink, became a victim of a murder on January 19, which is a great loss for Turkey. Our diplomats working in Turkey often met with Hrant Dink. The last meeting took place on November 14, 2006.

During the meeting Dink said the following: “History shows that negative phenomena occur in society due to nationalism, not religion. Ethnic minorities in Turkey are presented as religious communities, I oppose it. Armenians lived in these territories for more than 4 thousand years and it is a pity that nowadays they have a status of religious community.

Any manifestation of nationalism can be controlled by a “deep state”. There is a huge difference between today’s Turkey and Turkey 30 years ago. Premier Erbakan was the enemy of Christians and did not recognize European values, but now there is a party with Islamic roots (he means ruling Justice and Development Party), which works to strengthen ties with the West.

History reveals that secularism was used for religious interests. We are advancing towards secularism through democracy. However, the Kemalists are still afraid of it”.

Asked which of the Turkish parties is secular, Dink named Justice and Development Party. “The Kemalists ate not democrats. Under their rule I stood trial for being Armenian. I haven’ faced such attitude under Islamic government”, says the report of the American diplomat.