Hrant Dink Commemorated 9 Years After His Death

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Agos Weekly Chief Editor Hrant Dink is being commemorated on his ninth death anniversary. 

Banners saying “We are here Ahparig. Yearningly, wrathfully and persistently” are placed in front of the former Agos building where the commemoration will start on the call of Hrant’s friends on 2.30 p.m.

Also some deputies, Türkan Elçi and Nazenin Elçi; respectively the wife and the daughter of human rights attorney Tahir Elçi murdered on November 28, 2015 as well as Sami Elvan; the father of Berkin Elvan who had been killed in the Gezi Resistance are among the attendants.

The attendants of the commemoration are chanting slogans: “We are all Tahir, we are all Kurds”, “We are all Hrant, we are all Tahir”, “Long live the brotherhood of people”, “Who guards the murderers, is party to the crime” and “Killer state will account”

As of 2 p.m. people are gathering in front of the former building of Agos.

Nor Zartong, Anatolian Culture and Research Foundation (AKA-DER), Confederation of Progressive Trade Unions of Turkey (DİSK) - Press Union, community centers, Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) Istanbul, Kaldıraç (Lever), Freedom and Solidarity Party (ÖDP) and Yeni Yol (New Way) had planned to make a protest march on 1.30 p.m. from Taksim to the former building of Agos where the commemoration would take place yet over police prohibiting the protest march, the mass started walking dispersedly to the building.

Police barricades have been placed starting from both exits of Osmanbey subway station in the early hours. Conducting searches, police have stated that there has not been a bomb call, yet the bomb search was being conducted on precaution purpose.

Contrarily to previous years, the attendants are being allowed to move to the front of the Agos building after police search. (BK/ÇT/DG)