SONG PRAISING HRANT DINK MURDERERS CREATES CONTROVERSY
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18.09.2007 10:49
A video prepared for a song, the lyrics of which praised Ogun Samast.,
the teenager who murdered Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink,
and Yasin Hayal, one of the inciters behind the assassination was
posted on the hugely popular video-sharing Web site YouTube, creating
controversy in Turkey, as many branded it as ultra-nationalist hate
propaganda, the Turkish Daily News reports.
The video quickly received a high number of user hits. Thousands of
people sent the link to each other, especially on Friday, as the issue
marked the agenda in many e-mail groups. Finally, the amateur video
made it to the headlines of mass circulation newspapers yesterday.
While the song mentioned the names in different contexts, in the
video the photograph of murderer Ogun and inciter Yasin are seen. In
the lyrics, meanwhile, there is a direct threat to those who "support
Armenians," saying "they will be taken care of."
As these words are heard, the now infamous photograph of Dink,
right after he was gunned down, lying on the ground and covered with
newspaper pages, is seen.
The video not only praises those involved in Dink’s assassination but
also shows photographs of author Orhan Pamuk, Prime Minister Recep
Tayyip Erdogan, musician, author and columnist Zï~_¼lfï~_¼ Livaneli,
folk music singer Selda Bagcan, and former president Ahmet Necdet
Sezer, labeling all as "betrayers."
The lyrics of the song named "Do Not Make Plans" was written by an
ultra nationalist poet, Ozan Arif and is sung by Ismail Tï~_¼rï~_¼t,
a well-known singer. But ultra nationalists unrelated to the two
supposedly prepared the video. There are nearly 10 different versions
of the video being broadcast on Youtube, but the version that created
reactions around Turkey was removed yesterday.
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