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Tomorrow, January 19, marks the 15th year since journalist Hrant Dink was murdered. The Journalists’ Association of Turkey (TGC) and the Press Council have commemorated the late journalist by releasing statements for the press.

It has been 7 years since Berkin Elvan lost his life after being shot with a tear gas canister during Gezi resistance in 2013. Elvan has been commemorated by his loved ones at his grave in İstanbul.

In a joint statement released on the 13th anniversary of Kurdish writer Mehmed Uzun’s death, it has been stated, “Mehmed Uzun became a symbol of defiance and started writing in his own mother language in a period when Kurdish language was banned.”