Was Dink the One?
There seems to be realistic hope that Hrant Dink’s death could be the ultimate price for bringing the Armenian and Turkish people together. Armenian officials, first time after Turkey closed down the border, are in Turkey to participate in Dink’s funeral.
Some Turkish legislators are saying they will do their best to get rid of Code 301 – the law under which Dink was convicted of “insulting Turkishness.”
Yet the biggest question remains the acknowledgement of the Armenian Genocide – something that Dink was punished for. And the hope for this last one is a Turkish sign circulated in the Internet for those who want to use it in Tuesday’s funeral. The sign has the year of Dink’s murder, and the year of the Armenian Genocide.
Maybe Dink was the one?
Onnik Krikorian on 28 Jan 2007 at 7:12 pm #
Hmmm, I don’t think you can say that Armenian officials are for the first time. For example, a Google search finds mention of high level participation in meetings and summits. For example, Oskanian at the 2004 NATO summit in Istanbul:
http://www.nato.int/docu/speech/2004/s040629o.htm
Kocharian also visited Turkey to attend an OSCE summit in 1999:
http://www.armeniaforeignministry.com/speeches/991119rk_osce-istanbul.html
There are probably more examples of high-ranking officials visiting Turkey, but these are the first two I can find.