Talk:Assassin of Turkish-Armenian journalist 'treated as national hero'
Renaming
editJust to provide a reference point: User_talk:Doldrums#Renaming_of_article, in case discussion is needed :) PS. Although it's in the user's talk page, we should probably discuss it here so s/he's not disturbed needlessly Towsonu2003 07:01, 3 February 2007 (UTC)
- it's just that i think "Assassinated Turkish-Armenian journalist" is too long for the title, any other suggestions for shortening it a little? feel free to revert the renaming if u feel very strongly against it. a more important issue is to attribute the statements in the article to whoever has made these claims, this is especially important as we are relying on a single source. — Doldrums(talk) 07:12, 3 February 2007 (UTC)
- What about now? I'll go to sleep, so if not ok, you can just rv it :) Towsonu2003 07:53, 3 February 2007 (UTC)
Sources
editAs you said, because of single Turkish source, people might get confused about sources used for each claim. See:
BBC article According to news reports from Turkey, a number of the members of the Turkish security forces, though unofficially, are treating Ogün Samast, the assassin of Hrant Dink as if he were a national hero.
For instance, after being taken into custody, Samast was filmed shoulder to shoulder with the Turkish police, in front of a Turkish flag and a quote from Turkey's founder Atatürk: "The nation's land is sacred. It cannot be left to fate."
Radikal article On January 24th, Ogün Samast was transferred to the Bayrampaşa prison, Istanbul's largest prison. Before the transfer, inmates from a section of the prison were temporarily moved to another section, which, as a result, housed more than 100 inmates, 80 more than its maximum capacity. Then, the now-vacant section, often subject to inmates' complaints regarding bedbugs, was cleaned and disinfected. Finally, the walls were painted, a brand new cotton bed was put in, and red carpet was laid out on the floors of the section.
When Samast was brought to the Bayrampaşa Prison, inmates witnessed that he was welcomed with cheers and applause by the jail management, soldiers, and the guards. Witnesses also report that Samast was given two guards to serve him. He ate kebab, a luxury food compared to the food given to other inmates.
After four days, Samast was transferred to the Kandıra F-type Prison.
BBC article Ultra-nationalist elements of the Turkish society seem to have penetrated into the Turkish security forces[1]. These events resulted major Turkish newspapers such as Sabah, Radikal, and Vatan to accuse the Turkish security forces and the Turkish state of supporting, endorsing, and cooperating with the killers of the journalist[2].
Previous Wikinews articles -mixed A Turkish-Armenian journalist, Hrant Dink was assassinated the age of 52 in front of the Agos newspaper office, at the Istanbul district of Osmanbey, where he worked as the editor and a journalist. Dink, a brave journalist who was not afraid to discuss one of Turkey's most controversial issues, clearly called what happened to Armenians in 1915 when the land was being governed by the Ottoman Empire the Armenian Genocide.
Following his father's assassination, Dink's daughter, referring to the fascist obsession with pure blood, said: "They shot my father. Is their blood purer now? They were afraid to face him, they shot him in the back."
Large numbers of people marched protesting the killing of Hrant Dink on the day of his funeral, carrying placards that read "We are Armenian" and "We are Hrant Dink".
Hope this clears it Towsonu2003 07:50, 3 February 2007 (UTC)