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Ogün Samast (b. 1990[1][2] in Trabzon[3]) is a Turkish ultra-nationalist who killed Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink on January 19, 2007 in front of the headquarters of his newspaper Agos, in Osmanbey, Istanbul. Trabzon ( Greek: Τραπεζούντα, Trapezounta) is a city on the Black Sea coast of north-eastern Turkey and the capital of Turkey (Türkiye known officially as the Republic of Turkey ( is a Eurasian Country that stretches Armenians in Turkey (Türkiye Ermenileri Թուրքահայեր Պոլսահայեր the latter meaning Istanbul-Armenian have an estimated population of 40000 (1995 to 70000 Hrant Dink (Հրանդ Տինք həɹɑnt diːnk (September 15 1954 – January 19 2007 was a Turkish-Armenian editor, Journalist and Columnist Events 1419 - Hundred Years' War: Rouen surrenders to Henry V of England completing his reconquest of Normandy. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Agos (Ակօս "Furrow" is an Armenian weekly newspaper published in Istanbul, Turkey. Şişli is a crowded central District of İstanbul, Turkey. It is a business shopping and residential area north of Taksim, the entertainment Istanbul (historically Byzantium and later Constantinople; see the other Names of Istanbul) is the largest city of Turkey

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Background

Samast's family is from Düzköy district of Trabzon Province[4]. Düzköy (formerly Haçka) is a town and district of Trabzon Province in the Black Sea region of Turkey. Trabzon is a province of Turkey on the Black Sea coast Located in a strategically important region Trabzon is of the oldest Trade Port His parents live apart. [5] He had dropped out of high school,[6] was unemployed[7]and may have been a drug user. [8] The Turkish media has also reported that Samast has been described by his family as "calm and withdrawn", whilst his friends have labelled him "aggressive and contentious", pointing out that he had been "kicked off" his local football team for aggression. The report also stated that Samast spent a lot of time on the Internet. [9]

Murder suspect

Arrest

Samast was identified by his father, Ahmet Samast,[5] who informed the police after he saw CCTV footage of his son on TV. Closed-circuit television ( CCTV) is the use of Video cameras to transmit a signal to a specific place limited set of monitors [10] He was detained on Saturday January 20, the day after the murder, in an operation at the main bus station in Samsun. Events 250 - Emperor Decius begins a widespread persecution of Christians in Rome. Samsun ( Greek: Σαμψούντα, Samsounta, Amisos) is a city in northern Turkey, on the coast of the Black What is thought to be the murder weapon was found in his possession. [1]

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan announced Samast's arrest. This is a chronological list of Prime Ministers of Turkey, since the establishment of that position in 1920, during the Turkish War of Independence. "Erdoğan" redirects here For the Turkish Helicopter Erdoğan see Kamov Ka-50. [2]

Later developments

According to the official state-run news agency Anadolu, he has confessed to the killing and stated that he did not have any regrets. Anadolu Agency ( AA) (Anadolu Ajansı is the Turkish state news agency commissioned with producing news releases pertaining to the country [11] However, several days later it was reported that Samast had stated that he was very sorry that he had killed Hrant Dink[12]. The following Monday, the Turkish police announced that Yasin Hayal, an ultra-nationalist militant who bombed a McDonald's restaurant in Trabzon in 2004, confessed to telling Samast to kill Dink and supplying the murder weapon. Yasin Hayal is a Turkish ultra-nationalist who served a ten-month prison term for the 2004 bomb attack on a McDonald's restaurant in the city of Trabzon [13] Ogün Samast's uncle, Faik Samast has said that he did not believe that his nephew had acted alone, stating that he did not know his way around Istanbul. [14] Later, Hayal and Samast confessed that the murder was planned by Erhan Tuncel who is allegedly a police informer[15]

A Radikal story of 2 February 2007 featured pictures of Samast holding up a Turkish flag, flanked by smiling government employees. Radikal is a daily Turkish language newspaper published in Istanbul. Events 962 - Translatio imperii: Pope John XII crowns Otto I Holy Roman Emperor, the first Holy Roman Emperor Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. [16] A police spokesman indicated that an investigation into the video was underway.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Katil zanlısı yakalandı", Hürriyet, January 20, 2007. Anti-Armenianism (also Anti-Armenism and Anti-Armenian sentiment) is hostility toward or Prejudice against Armenian people, Armenian Hürriyet (meaning Liberty) is an influential high-circulation broadsheet daily Turkish newspaper. Events 250 - Emperor Decius begins a widespread persecution of Christians in Rome. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century.   (Turkish)
  2. ^ a b "Hrant Dink murder suspect caught", BBC News, January 20, 2007. Events 250 - Emperor Decius begins a widespread persecution of Christians in Rome. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century.  
  3. ^ Bir Cinayetin Anatomisi (Turkish)
  4. ^ "Arrested with the notification of his family", Sabah (English Edition). Retrieved on 2007-01-28. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1077 - Walk to Canossa: The Excommunication of Henry IV Holy Roman Emperor is lifted  
  5. ^ a b "Assassin caught in assassination of Hrant Dink", TurkishPress. com, January 21, 2007. Events 1189 - Philip II of France and Richard I of England begin to assemble troops to wage the Third Crusade. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century.  
  6. ^ Wider involvement suspected in Hrant Dink's assassination International Herald Tribune
  7. ^ Turkey probes ultra-nationalists in journalist murder Middle East Times
  8. ^ Turkish murder suspect: No ties CNN
  9. ^ "Profile of Hrant Dink's Juvenile Murder Suspect", Turkish Daily News, 2007-01-22. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 565 - Eutychius is deposed as Patriarch of Constantinople by John Scholasticus. Retrieved on 2007-01-28. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1077 - Walk to Canossa: The Excommunication of Henry IV Holy Roman Emperor is lifted  
  10. ^ "Hrant Dink murder suspect named", BBC News, January 20, 2007. Events 250 - Emperor Decius begins a widespread persecution of Christians in Rome. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century.  
  11. ^ "Teen admits killing Turkish journalist"", CNN, January 21, 2007. Cable News Network, usually referred to by its Initialism CNN, is a major English language Television network founded in 1980 by Ted Turner Events 1189 - Philip II of France and Richard I of England begin to assemble troops to wage the Third Crusade. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century.  
  12. ^ "Trabzon circle of suspects widens; Ogun Samast says "I am sorry I killed him"", Hürriyet. Hürriyet (meaning Liberty) is an influential high-circulation broadsheet daily Turkish newspaper. Retrieved on 2007-01-25. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 41 - After a night of negotiation Claudius is accepted as Roman Emperor by the Senate  
  13. ^ "A "Trabzon Legend" gave the orders to kill Hrant Dink", Hürriyet, 2007-01-22. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 565 - Eutychius is deposed as Patriarch of Constantinople by John Scholasticus. Retrieved on 2007-01-22. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 565 - Eutychius is deposed as Patriarch of Constantinople by John Scholasticus.  
  14. ^ "Who is behind killing?", The New Anatolian, 22 January 2007. Events 565 - Eutychius is deposed as Patriarch of Constantinople by John Scholasticus. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Retrieved on 2007-01-28. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1077 - Walk to Canossa: The Excommunication of Henry IV Holy Roman Emperor is lifted  
  15. ^ "Cinayeti Erhan Tuncel planladı", Radikal, 8 February 2007. Events 421 - Constantius III becomes co- Emperor of the Western Roman Empire. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Retrieved on 2007-02-13. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1258 - Baghdad falls to the Mongols, and the Abbasid Caliphate is destroyed  
  16. ^ "Samast'a jandarma karakolunda kahraman muamelesi/Katili bir alnından öpmedikleri kalmış", Radikal, 2 February 2007. Events 962 - Translatio imperii: Pope John XII crowns Otto I Holy Roman Emperor, the first Holy Roman Emperor Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Retrieved on 2007-02-10. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1355 - The St Scholastica's Day riot breaks out in Oxford, England, leaving 63 scholars and perhaps 30 locals dead   (Turkish)

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