DINK MURDER PROMPTER IS ARMENIAN – TURKISH HISTORIAN
March 03, 2014 | 13:27
Turkey’s opposition Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) MP, historian
Yusuf Halacoglu stated that Erhan Tuncel, who was accused of prompting
the murder of Hrant Dink–founder and chief editor of Agos Armenian
weekly of Istanbul, who was killed on January 19, 2007 in front of
the weekly’s office–, is Armenian.
Halacoglu, who is known for his statements denying the Armenian
Genocide, claimed that Tuncel, who is in prison at present, is from
Temte village of Turkey’s Elazig [Kharberd, in Armenian] Province,
and he is of Armenian descent, reports Cihan news agency of Turkey.
“For this reason, it should be taken under consideration the fact
that an Armenian has had a role in the killing of an Armenian. Now,
I’m not saying its significance, but this should be taken seriously,”
Yusuf Halacoglu noted.
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From: A. Papazian
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