This Saturday, January 19, 2008, is the first anniversary of Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink’s assasination.

The main commemoration will take place in front of the Armenian newspaper Agos in Istanbul where Dink was shot to death.

On 19 January, at Three O’clock, At the Same Place… – Press Statement
Friends of Hrant

We will gather in front of AGOS to commemorate our beloved friend, Hrant Dink.

Date: 19 Jan 2008

Time: 15.00  (3:00 p.m.)
Place: in front of AGOS Newspaper (Halaskargazi cad. Sebat apt 192 Harbiye, Istanbul)

Other commemorations in Turkey will be:

• “Tililili” Audio Installation
  HADIG

The works of Hrant Dink come into life with the voices of Memet Ali Alabora, Okan Bayulgen, Haluk Bilginer, Yetkin Dikinciler, Halil Ergun, Pakrat Estukyan, Arsen Gurzap, Banu Guven, Nejat Işler, Tuncel Kurtiz, Fikret Kuskan, Omer Madra, Lale Mansur, Meral Okay, Dolunay Soysert, Nur Surer, Cetin Tekindor, Deniz Turkali and Serra Yilmaz.

Date: 4 – 20 Jan 2008

Time: Tu-Wed-Th: 14.00-20.30, Fri-Sat-Su:14.00 – 22.00
Place: Apartment Project (Seh Bender Sok. No:4, Tunel, Beyoglu, Istanbul – across Babylon Night Club)

• Understanding Hrant
  Ozgurluk ve Dayanisma Party Bakirkoy Branch

Speakers:
Aydin Engin, Bahri Belen, Tatyos Bebek, Yuksel Taskin
Music:
Dostlar Choir, Suren Asaduryan, Birol Topaloglu, Fadime Torun
Short Film:
Kirlangicin Yuvasi (Swallow’s Nest)

Date: 13 Jan 2008

Time: 19.00 – 22.00
Place: Yunus Emre Cultural Centre (Ataköy 9. Kisim, Bakirkoy, Istanbul)

• “mudahalenin seyri” – International Art Exhibition
  KargART

With the participation of artists from Italy, Slovenia, Austria, Estonia and Turkey, including Basar Coskun’s work “White Beret”

Date: 19 Jan – 3 Feb 2008
Opening: 19 Jan 2008

Time: 20:00 – D2GG audio-visual performance
Place: KargART Kadıkoy (Caferaga Mah. Kadife Sok. No:16 Kadıkoy, Istanbul)
http://www.kargart.org

• Remembering Hrant – Evening Event
  Friends of Hrant

We will remember Hrant with songs and films.

Participants:
45’lik sarkilar, Aynur, Bartev, Bennu Yildirimlar, Birol Topaloglu, BGST Danscilari, Ciplak Ayaklar Kumpanyasi, Dostlar Korosu, Erkan Ogur, Hayko Cepkin, Ismail Hakki Demircioglu, Kardes Turkuler, Lale Mansur, Lusavoric Korosu, Mahir Gunsiray, Metin & Kemal Kahraman, Michael Ellison, Nisan Sirinyan, Sahakyan Korosu, Sayat Nova Korosu, Tiyatro Bogazici, Zeynep Tanbay…
Tickets can be obtained from Beyaz Adam Bookstores in Pangalti and Bakirkoy. (www.beyazadam.com)

Date: 19 Jan 2008

Time: 20.00
Place: Lutfi Kirdar Convention Center (Harbiye, Istanbul)

• Munferit – Exhibition
  19 Ocak Kolektifi (Jan 19th Collective)

Date: 19 Jan – 9 Feb 2008

Place: Hafriyat Karakoy (Necatibey Cad. 79, Karakoy, Istanbul)

Commemoration of Hrant Dink at his mausoleum

Date: 20 Jan 2008

Time: 13.00
Place: Balikli Armenian Cemetery, Silivrikapi, Istanbul

• “Ashura” in memory of Hrant Dink – Music & Play
  5. Sokak Tiyatrosu (5th Street Theater Group)

Ashura, the tenth day of the month of Moharrem of the Islamic calendar, bears significant meaning in three divine religions. Our ashura, however, is a condolence to “others” that has been wiped out through centuries. Ashura, as old as the history of the humanity, tells the stories of the people who had been scattered around, forcefully displaced in the name of creating a “homogenious” society in Anatolia and their languages, religions, the roads of exile and the songs of exiles by songs in 12 different languages.

Date: 22 Jan 2008

Time: 20.30
Place: Garaj Istanbul (Galatasaray, Istanbul)
http://www.garajistanbul.com

• In Memory of Hrant Dink – “Biz, Siz, Onlar…” (We, You, They) – Play
  Tiyatro Boğaziçi (Bogazici Theater Group)

Three different stories on freedom of expression of people and cultures: Kamber Ates who cannot talk with his mother in his mother tongue; women who have to hide that they are Armenians even from their children and husbands; life of Roma people whose tragic stories of displacement are presented “totally different”…
Entrance is free

Date: 27 Jan 2008

Time: 17.00
Place: Getronagan Lisesinden Yetişenler Derneği, Prof. Celil Öker Sok. No:2, Harbiye, Istanbul
http://www.bgst.org/tb/pro.asp?id=15&bn=1

Commemorations outside of Turkey:

• Quo vadis Turkey? The obstacles of the democratization process in Turkey – Panel – Berlin
  Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung

Speakers:
Erdal Doğan (Lawyer of the Malatya case); Mahmut Şakar (MAF-DAD); Prof. Dr. Norman Paech (Die Linke); Dr. Gerayer Koutcharian (Arbeitsgruppe Anerkennung e.V.)

Date: 17 Jan 2008

Time: 18.30
Place: Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung (Franz-Mehring-Platz 1, 10243 Berlin)

• Le Chiendent – Caricature Exhibition – Paris
  Ohannes Saskal & Umit Kartoglu

In memory of Hrant Dink

Date:18 Jan – 1 Feb 2008

Place: Elele Cultural Centre (8 rue Martel, 75010 Paris)
http://elele.info

• Freedom of Expression and Association & Article 301 and the Murder of Hrant Dink – Panel – Frankfurt
  Frankfurter Platform der Vereine, MAF-DAD, DEKOP-A, Medico International, Multikultureller Freundsch

Av.Erdal Dogan, Hrant Dink’s lawyer
Selahattin Demirtas, DTP Group Deputy Chair
Masis Kurkcugil, Writer
Rober Koptas, Columnist of AGOS
Ozcan Temur, DEKOP-A Representative
Canan Topcu, Moderation

Date: 18 Jan 2008

Time: 18.00
Place: Westbahnhof (Kasseler Str. 7, 60486 Frankfurt

• Requiem For The First Anniversary Of The Assasination Of Hrant Dink – California
  Organization of Istanbul Armenians

Wreath-laying ceremony in front of the Armenian Memorial Monuments. Following the ceremony, a solemn mass of requiem will take place.

Date: 19 Jan 2008

Time: 11.00
Place: Bicknell Park (850 Via San Clemente, Montebello Ca, 90640)

• Swallow’s Nest – Film Screening – Ottawa
  Ottawa Turkish-Armenian Dialog Group (TADGO)

Hrant Dink tells the story of the Tuzla Armenian Orphanage.

Date: 19 Jan 2008

Time: 19.30
Place: The Unitarian Church (30 Cleary Avenue, Ottawa, Tel: 613-725-1066)

• Commemoration for Hrant Dink – Vigil – Berlin
  Arbeitsgruppe Anerkennung e.V.

Vigil in front of the Turkish Consulate

Date: 19 Jan 2008

Time: 14.00 – 16.00
Place: Heerstraße 21, 14052 Berlin

• Protecting Minorities, Defending Human Rights – Gathering – Berlin
  Arbeitsgruppe Anerkennung e.V., Armenische Kirchen- und Kulturgemeinde Berlin e.V.

Date: 19 Jan 2008

Time: 19.00 – 21.00
Place: Rathaus Schöneberg, John F. Kennedy-Platz, 10825 Berlin-Schöneberg

• Wreath-laying in Memory of Hrant Dink – London
  Armenia Solidarity / Nor Serount / Armenian Genocide Trust / Seyfo Centre

1) Prayers from the Canon of Westminster Abbey
2) Short speeches from friends
3) Reading on portion of Hrant’s work
4) Release of dove in memory of Hrant

Date: 19 Jan 2008

Time: 13.00
Place: at the Monument to the Innocents outside Westminster Abbey

• Gathering in Memory of Hrant Dink – Koln
  Ozgurluk ve Dayanisma Almanya

We commemorate Hrant Dink to Defend Brotherhood, Peace and Living Together and to fight against Nationalism, Racism and War

Speakers:
Masis Kurkcugil, Founding member of ODP, writer
Rober Koptas, AGOS writer
Cinevision

Date: 19 Jan 2008

Time: 16.00
Place: Deutsch-Italienische Gesamtschule, Institut Italo Svevo (Gladbacher Wall 5, 50670 Köln)

• Hrant Dink – The Voice of the Invisibles – Exhibition and Gathering – Frankfurt
  Kulturforum TürkeiDeutschland

Hrant Dink’s life in instances from his youth, family, political life, January 19th and after.

Date: 19 – 25 Jan 2008
Opening: 19 Jan 2008

Time: 17.00
Place: Paulkirche, Frankfurt

Vigil in Memory of Hrant Dink Berlin
Irciliga ve Milliyetcilige DurDe! Berlin Inıtiative

Date: 19 Jan 2008

Time: 14.00 – 16.00
Place: Berlin Kreuzberg (Kottbusser Tor)
[email protected]

• Armenian Apostolic Mass for Hrant Dink – Berlin
  Armenische Kirchen- und Kulturgemeinde Berlin e.V.

Date: 20 Jan 2008

Time: 15.00
Place: 178 Berlin-Mitte, Berliner Dom, Am Lustgarten, Berlin

• Gathering in Memory of Hrant Dink – Berlin
  Allmende (with the support of RLS)

We commemorate Hrant Dink to Defend Brotherhood, Peace and Living Together and to fight against Nationalism, Racism and War

Speakers :
Ufuk Uras, ODP President, MP
Masis Kurkcugil, Writer
Rober Koptas, AGOS Newspaper
Aydin Engin, AGOS Newspaper Columnist
Cinevision
Grup Lilith: Songs from Anatolia

Date: 20 Jan 2008

Time: 15.30
Place: Werkstatt der Kulturen (Wissmannstraşe 32, 12049 Berlin U-Bhf. Hermannplatz)

• A Commemoration of the First Anniversary of the Assasination of Hrant Dink – California
  Organization of Istanbul Armenians, National Association for Armenian Studies and Research, The AEF

Speeches, Music and documentary screening (Swallow’s Nest) to commemorate Hrant Dink.

Opening Remarks:
Simon Acilacoglu, President, Org.of Istanbul Armenians
Speakers:
Stephen Kurkjian, Pulitzer Prize Winning Investigative Reporter
Dr. Taner Akcam, Dept.of History, Uni. of Minnesota

Date: 25 Jan 2008

Time: 19.00
Place: Western Diocese of the Armenian Church of North America (3325 North Glenoaks Blvd., Burbank, CA 91504)
http://www.oia.net/calendar/eventdetails.asp?e=337

• Six Hours for Hrant Dink – Gathering – Paris
  Elele / ACORT / CRDA / AAA / Hos & Simdi Ermeni-Turk dusunce grubu

1) Screening TV discussion programs of Hrant Dink
2) Evaluation of the cases and the situation in Turkey:
Fethiye cetin, Lawyer of the Dink family
Prof. Baskin Oran, lecturer, writer
Aris Nalci, Editor in Chief, AGOS
3) Round Table: What can the Armenians and Turks in France can do together and how?

Date: 26 Jan 2008

Time: 15.00 – 21.00
Place: Paris Greater Municipality
[email protected]

• Gathering in Memory of Hrant Dink – Bielefeld
  Ozgurluk ve Dayanisma Almanya

We commemorate Hrant Dink to Defend Brotherhood, Peace and Living Together and to fight against Nationalism, Racism and War

Speakers:
Masis Kurkcugil, Founding member of ODP, writer
Rober Koptas, AGOS writer
Cinevision

Date: 27 Jan 2008

Time: 14.00
Place: IBZ – Internationales Begegnungszentrum (Teutoburger Str. 106, 33607 Bielefeld)

The source for the above events is http://www.hranticinadaleticin.com/en/invite.html.

I would suspect that Hrant Dink’s commemoration in Armenia will take place at 3:00 p.m. at the Genocide Memorial in Yerevan on Saturday, January 19, 2008.  And if no one has thought of organizing this yet I ask my fellow bloggers in Armenia to do so.