YEREVAN, JANUARY 19, ARMENPRESS. After the death of Armenian intellectual of Istanbul Hrant Dink, many understood in Turkey what had happened with Armenians in that country, Editor-in-Chief of Agos Yetvart Danzikyan told “Armenpress”.

“After Hrant Dink’s murder his ideas spread more widely. The murderers perhaps didn’t think about that. 100 thousand people took part in Dink’s funeral. From that day he became the person to whom people started to refer and speak about his ideas every time when the Armenian question appeared in the agenda”, Danzikyan said, stating that Hrant’s voice continues to be heard in a strong way.

“After his death many people within the Turkish society started to understand what Armenians have faced. Even for some period mitigation was observed in the state’s stance on the Armenian question. But in the recent years we witness a regress in the state’s stance over the Armenian issue. The most important proof of this is the incident happened with Armenian lawmaker Garo Paylan for his speech in the Turkish Parliament”, Yetvart Danzikyan said.

Araks Kasyan