Minister of Culture and Tourism of Turkey, Nabi Avcı, participated in a commemorative event devoted to the tenth anniversary of the assassination of Armenian journalist Hrant Dink, founder and chief editor of Agos Armenian bilingual weekly of Istanbul.

At the event, Avcı expressed condolences to Dink’s family and friends as well as the Armenian community and the Agos staff, in connection with the Dink murder, according to Demokrathaber website of Turkey.

And in response to a question posed by a journalist participating in the event, the minister noted that even though this murder trial had a dark history, now it will proceed in accordance with law.

Hrant Dink was gunned down on January 19, 2007 in front of then office of Agos.

In 2011, the perpetrator, Ogün Samast, was sentenced by a juvenile court to 22 years and ten months for the murder.

After long court proceedings and appeals, however, a new probe was ultimately launched in this murder case, and regarding numerous former and serving senior Turkish officials’ complicity in this assassination.