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Armenian newspaper published in Turkey
Agos
(in
Armenian
:
????
, "
furrow
") is an
Armenian
bilingual weekly newspaper published in
Istanbul
,
Turkey
, established on 5 April 1996.
Agos
has both
Armenian
and
Turkish
pages as well as an online
English
edition. Today, the paper has a weekly circulation of over 5,000.
History
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Turkish-Armenian
Hrant Dink
was
Agos
chief editor from the newspaper's beginnings until his assassination outside the newspaper's offices in Istanbul in January 2007.
Hrant Dink's son,
Arat Dink
, who served as the executive editor of the weekly, had been co-defendant in the cases brought against Hrant Dink for
"denigrating Turkishness"
on account of his managerial position at the weekly.
After
Hrant Dink's assassination
,
Etyen Mahcupyan
was named editor-in-chief. In 2010, he was succeeded in that position by
Rober Kopta?
.
[1]
Arat Dink continued to serve as executive editor.
In 2012, a plan made by the
Atsız Youth
to attack the
Agos
headquarters was exposed.
[2]
[3]
In 2015,
Yetvart Danzikyan
became editor-in-chief of the newspaper and
Aris Nalcı
executive editor.
[4]
References
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Further reading
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External links
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Newspapers in Turkey in languages other than Turkish
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German
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Ladino
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Laz
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Russian
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Iran
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Lebanon
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