''Agos'' (in hy,
Ô±Õ¯Ö…Õ½, "
furrow") is an
Armenian bilingual weekly newspaper published in
Istanbul,
Turkey, established on 5 April 1996.
''Agos'' has both
Armenian and
Turkish
Turkish may refer to:
*a Turkic language spoken by the Turks
* of or about Turkey
** Turkish language
*** Turkish alphabet
** Turkish people, a Turkic ethnic group and nation
*** Turkish citizen, a citizen of Turkey
*** Turkish communities and mi ...
pages as well as an online
English edition. Today, the paper has a weekly circulation of over 5,000.
History
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
Arat Dink (born 1979) is a Turkish journalist and the executive editor of ''Agos'', a bilingual Turkish-Armenian weekly newspaper published in Istanbul. He is the son of Rakel Dink and Hrant Dink, the former editor-in-chief of the same paper, who ...
, 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 Mahçupyan was named editor-in-chief. In 2010, he was succeeded in that position by
Rober KoptaÅŸ
''Agos'' (in hy, Ô±Õ¯Ö…Õ½, "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 h ...
. Arat Dink continued to serve as executive editor.
In 2012, a plan made by the
Atsız Youth to attack the ''Agos'' headquarters was exposed.
In 2015,
Yetvart Danzikyan became editor-in-chief of the newspaper and
Aris Nalcı executive editor.
Bianet: Agos'ta Yetvart Danzikyan Dönemi
References
Further reading
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External links
''Agos''
1996 establishments in Turkey
Newspapers published in Istanbul
Newspapers established in 1996
Armenian-language newspapers
Turkish-language newspapers
Weekly newspapers published in Turkey
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