Information about Armenian roots of Ilhan Selcuk, journalist of Cumhuriyet newspaper who died last year, has been circulating in Turkish press.

Journalist of the Turkish Milliyet newspaper Hasan Kemal, grandson of Kemal Ataturk, one of the perpetrators of the Armenian Genocide, mentioned about Armenian roots of his colleague in one of his articles. Journalist Tuncay Opcin wrote Selcuk was ashamed of his Armenian roots and the fact that his aunt was buried at the Armenian cemetery. This is the reason he joined nationalists, he wrote.

Selcuk was arrested in 2008 and released three days later on grounds related to the Ergenekon.