A football tournament in memory of Hrant Dink was held in Istanbul, Turkey, on the occasion of the 11th anniversary of the assassination of this Istanbul Armenian journalist.

The memorial football tournament under the slogan, “We are here, ahparig [brother, in Armenian],” took place in Kalamış district of Istanbul, according to BirGün (One Day) newspaper of Turkey.

Clubs from the Karşı Lig amateur league participated in this memorial tournament.

Hrant Dink, the founder and chief editor of Agos Armenian weekly of Istanbul, was gunned down on January 19, 2007, outside the then office of this newspaper.

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 into this murder case, and regarding numerous former and serving senior Turkish officials’ complicity in this assassination.