Ali Eren Karadeniz

Ogün Samast, the man convicted of the high-profile murder of Armenian-origin journalist Hrant Dink in 2007, has withdrawn his request to change his name after the media revealed the proposed alias.

Ogün Samast, the man convicted of murdering Armenian-origin journalist Hrant Dink in 2007, has petitioned the court to change his name to Ali Eren Karadeniz, according to a report from daily Hürriyet.