The release of the murderer of the Armenian journalist in Türkiye and its political sidelines

According to the international group Tasnim news, Azadi “Ogun Samast” is the murderer The Turkish celebrity from prison was the news that exploded in the country’s media like a bomb and made noise.

He is the same person who in 2007, on the day Bright and cold-blooded, he shot Armenian journalist Hrant Dink and killed him in the building of his newspaper. found in the world media and led analysts to the importance of the historical challenges between the Turkish nationalists and the Armenian minority living in Turkey. Turkish, Armenian and English languages ​​still consider the Ottoman government as the murderer and perpetrator of the Armenian Genocide in 1915, and according to the clear text of the Turkish Constitution, it is condemned for humiliating and insulting the Republic of Turkey.

The National Movement Party led by the Baghçeli government, which is known as Erdogan’s most important partner in the presidential coalition, has repeatedly announced that Hrant Dink insulted the Turks and it was necessary to be polite to him.

Yesterday, one of Turkey’s political parties suggested to the parliament that Dink’s murder case be investigated once again, but the representatives of Justice and Development Party and National Movement Party, They voted against this proposal and the murder case was practically added to the archives of history. /1402/08/26/1402082610250167628783354.jpg”/>

The 17-year-old who killed Hrant Dink, after being transferred to the police detention center, was welcomed by the head of the police station and community He met the police officers and inside the police station, they gave him the Turkish flag and took a souvenir photo with him.

Now that 16 years have passed since that day, the Turkish judiciary is very quiet. And without noise, he released him and officially announced that he was only 17 years old at the time of the murder, and for this reason, he is not going to be sentenced to life in prison like the usual convicts in murder cases.

Taha Ak Yul, a researcher of contemporary history and a well-known analyst of Turkey, has examined this issue in his analytical column in Qar newspaper.

He made shocking words. “Raquel Dink” pointed out and shows that the most important political and legal analysis about the political-social background of the murder of Armenian journalist Hrant Dink is the same analysis presented by his wife and the process of training professional assassins.

Hrant’s killer and a phenomenon called darkness

On January 19, 2007, a gruesome gun massacre rocked Turkey and reverberated around the world. The news was: the murder of Hrant Dink in broad daylight and based on a purposeful and planned move… he was shot in Istanbul, around 15:00, in front of the Agus newspaper building, where he was the editor, on Sisli street. 17-year-old Ogun Samast was killed. jpg”/>

When the body fell to the ground, they threw some newspapers on him and waited for the police to come. A photo I have never forgotten is the hole that was visible in the sole of Hrant’s shoe. He was lying dead on his face and the hole in his shoe had a thousand words. I blushed with shame and anger. But fortunately, all parties and our nation reacted strongly to the murder, and this was my consolation.

Challenge Article 310

Article 310 of the “Turkish Penal Code” says: “Whoever publicly tells the Turkish nation, the government of the Republic of Turkey, the Grand National Assembly of Turkey, the government If he offends the Republic of Turkey and the country’s judiciary, he will be sentenced to imprisonment from 6 months to 2 years.” ! He was convicted under this article and his sentence was postponed. But the expert report stated that what Hrant wrote is not within the scope of such a crime and the judge could not convict him. I myself, when I read the whole article and saw his purpose, I came to the conclusion that his statement is really neither a crime nor an insult. I am still of this opinion.

We all know that Hrant Dink uses the term “Armenian Genocide” instead of the usual term “Armenian deportation tragedy” in international symposia. did Of course, he felt the pain of the disaster of 1915 and instead of mutual hostility, he sought “mutual understanding”. The newspaper is in Turkish and Armenian languages.

Pains left by history

Dink became famous with this theory and the continuous design of the term genocide. But the fact is that some circles knew him as a person who insulted Turkey. and national independence lived side by side, it has been accompanied by a lot of trouble almost everywhere. In order to understand the historical problems related to Turks and Armenians, I recommend everyone to read the book “Diyarbakirli” by Ali Amiri Effendi entitled “Ottoman Eastern Province”, about how Turks and Armenians live in friendly and neighborly relations. but with the formation of “committees”, the commitment and coexistence between the neighbors turned into fierce hostility. Let’s revisit the funeral. With a sarcastic reference to the age of her husband’s killer, she said: “It doesn’t matter how old the killer is.” 17 years old or 27 years old. The important thing is that the killer was once an innocent baby. Let’s think about this, what kind of mentality and politics exist that make a murderer out of a baby in a short process of 17 years. Nothing can be done as long as these dark and black circles, which give weapons to a fanatical youth, continue to operate. So know that a 17-year-old assassin is not important. Those dark corridors that nurture these people and give them orders to kill are important.”

As a historian and researcher, I wrote a book about the catastrophes of 1915 and called my book ” I put “common pain”. Both before and after the disaster, we experienced great pain together. Disastrous events happened that left bitter memories for us. But these should remain in history and there will be no more room for resentment.

Political scientist Seymour Martin Lipset has a concept called “authoritarianism of the lower classes”. This is the same concept that he mentioned in his famous book called “Political Man” and explains that religious, racial or class prejudices that are hundreds of years old, strongly in parts of the right or left, with low education and relationships Socialism and poor communication continue outside their circle.

This is the spiteful behavior we call “political extremism”. But unfortunately, the issue is not only pent-up anger and prejudice, and armed actions can also occur, organized or unorganized. From a socio-cultural point of view, I consider Ogun Samset, the murderer of Hrant Dink, and his instigators as examples of “darkness” that “creates a murderer from a baby”.

About the legal status of the case, Let me tell you, the two designers and instigators of the murder, namely Yasin Khayal, were sentenced to life imprisonment and 16 years in prison, and Orhan Tunjal was sentenced to a total of 96 years in prison. But Ogun Samast, as the perpetrator and shooter, was sentenced to life imprisonment on the charge of “deliberate murder” and finally, due to his young age, his sentence was reduced to 21 years and 6 months in prison.

Of course, the judge is free to grant him parole and supervised release, taking into account his behavior in prison, which has already happened. Whether we like it or not, digest it or not, the law is the same and there has been no violation in the implementation of the law. I remember Hrant Dink with respect and share the pain of Mrs. Raquel, her daughters and all her friends and I hope with all my heart that the “darkness” will end completely.

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