2010
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This is the biography of Hrant Dink, a Turkish-Armenian journalist and political activist. He worked for the democratic rights of all Turkish citizens, including the right to speak freely about the genocide of Anatolia's Armenians in 1915. As a result of his activism, Dink was assassinated by Turkish nationalists in 2007. As founder and editor-in-chief of the bilingual Turkish-Armenian newspaper, Agos, in 1996, Dink was the first secular voice of Turkey's silenced Christian-Armenian minority. He fought for the democratization of the Turkish political system. This was a risky undertaking, in a country where Armenians live as closed communities; it was also unprecedented in Turkey. Dink was prosecuted three times for "insulting and denigrating Turkishness" and ultimately convicted. The biography is written as an oral history, and assembles a mosaic of memories as told by Dink's family, friends, and comrades. Dink's own "voice," in the form of his writings, is also included. Originally published in Turkey, it is now available for an English-speaking audience on the 100th anniversary of the Armenian genocide.
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Tuba Candar
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1948'de İstanbul'da doğdu. Ortaöğrenimini Avusturya Lisesi'nden sonra ABD'de tamamladı. Ankara Üniversitesi Siyasal Bilgiler Fakültesi'ni bitirdi. "Cumhuriyet" gazetesi bünyesinde yayımlanan "Bizim Almanca" dergisinin yayın yönetmenliğini yaptı. "Gergedan" dergisinde yazı işleri müdürlüğü görevinde bulundu. "Yeni Yüzyıl" gazetesinde kültür-sanat ve gezi yazıları, "Gazete Pazar"da "Portreler" köşesini hazırladı.
