''Agos'' (in hy,
Ակօս, "
furrow") is an
Armenian bilingual weekly newspaper published in
Istanbul
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, area_code = +90 212 (European side) +90 216 (Asian side)
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Turkey
Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with a small portion on the Balkan Peninsula ...
, established on 5 April 1996.
''Agos'' has both
Armenian and
Turkish pages as well as an online
English
English usually refers to:
* English language
* English people
English may also refer to:
Peoples, culture, and language
* ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England
** English national ...
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, 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 Koptaş. 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 Aris or ARIS may refer to:
People
* Aris (surname)
Given name
* Aris Alexandrou, Greek writer
* Aris Brimanis, ice hockey player
* Aris Christofellis, Greek male soprano
* Aris Gavelas, Greek sprinter
* Aris Howard, Former President of the Jam ...
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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