Hrant Dink

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Hrant Dink (b. 15.9.1954, Malatya, Turkey) is an Armenian editor, journalist and column writer from Turkey.

Prominent and active in various democratic platforms and civil society organizations, Hrant Dink emphasizes the need for democratization in Turkey and focuses on the issues of free speech, minority rights, civic rights and issues pertaining to the Armenian community in Turkey.

Hrant Dink is the founder and editor-in-chief of the Agos weekly in Istanbul, a newspaper published in Armenian and Turkish. He also writes for the national dailies, Zaman and Birgün.

Born in Malatya on 15 September 1954, Dink moved to Istanbul at the age of seven where he has lived since. He received his primary and secondary education in Armenian community schools and graduated from the Zoology Department of Istanbul University. He then continued his education at the Philosophy Department at the same university.