Hrant Dink

Police officer Muhittin Zenit, who had been in contact with a key informant in murder of Armenian-Turkish journalist Hrant Dink, has said he was prevented from giving testimony in the slaying by former police intelligence chiefs Ramazan Akyürek and Ali Fuat Y?lmazer.

A women's rights advocate from Saudi Arabia and an LGBTI rights group in Turkey have been given this year's International Hrant Dink Award - dedicated to the Armenian journalist murdered in 2007 - at a ceremony in Istanbul, the state-run Anadolu Agency has reported.

Two volunteers standing guard to prevent the demolition of an Armenian orphanage publicly known as "Kamp Armen" have been attacked by unidentified men on the 100th day of the peaceful protest in Istanbul's Tuzla district.

Ali Öz, a man who had been taking care of pigeons that Turkey?s important guests, including Popes, have flown as a symbol of peace, has passed away in Istanbul.

The Sparkasse Leipzig Media Foundation has awarded Turkish journalist Nedim ?ener and Iranian director Jafar Panahi with the Prize for the Freedom and Future of the Media 2015.

A number of examples of hate speech have turned into hate crimes in Turkey in recent weeks and no prosecutor has so far taken the initiative regarding these statements and crimes, Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) Istanbul deputy Garo Paylan has stated. 

The Human Rights Association (?HD) in Turkey has brought the case of a partly demolished Armenian orphanage in Istanbul to the agenda of the Council of Europe and the European Parliament. 

Demolition of the Kamp Armen orphanage started in May but was subsequently halted, when the owner of the land said he would donate it to the Armenian community in Istanbul. 

A former police intelligence chief is required to serve up to 860 years in prison in a wiretapping case, in which he has been found guilty of wiretapping 48 people, including several government officials, journalists, judiciary personnel and businessmen.  

A former Istanbul police intelligence chief was arrested late May 28 in the case of the murder of Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink.

Ali Fuat Y?lmazer, who was the Istanbul police intelligence chief when Dink was murdered in 2007, was arrested after being interrogated for a second time in the killing of Dink. 

An Armenian foundation plans to demolish and rebuild Kamp Armen, an Armenian orphanage in the Tuzla district of Istanbul, after a controversial demolition plan was shelved, as the land owner said he would donate it to the Armenian community.