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Cengiz Candar

Cengiz Candar

Jan 19, 2017

Carnations and placards are laid on the spot, where Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink was killed, during a commemoration to mark the 10th anniversary of his death, in Istanbul, Turkey, January 19, 2017. The placard reads that: "Long live the brotherhood of people. We will not forget, we will not forgive". REUTERS/Osman Orsal - RTSW8ZI — During a commemoration to mark the 10th anniversary of the assassination of Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink, carnations and placards are laid on the spot where he was killed, Istanbul, Turkey, Jan. 19, 2017. — REUTERS/Osman Orsal

A Turkish police special forces officer stands guard in front of the Aliaga Prison and Courthouse complex in Izmir, Turkey October 12, 2018. REUTERS/Umit Bektas - RC1DC5DD0C60

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Orhan Kemal Cengiz

Orhan Kemal Cengiz

Human rights activists hold portraits of victims during a demonstration to commemorate the 1915 mass killing of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire, at Sultanahmet square in Istanbul, Turkey April 24, 2017. REUTERS/Murad Sezer - RTS13OEL

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Director Fatih Akin attends the "Soul Kitchen" premiere at the Sala Grande during the 66th Venice Film Festival September 10, 2009. REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi (ITALY ENTERTAINMENT) - RTR27OBA

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Orhan Kemal Cengiz

Orhan Kemal Cengiz

Human rights activists hold pictures of Armenian victims in front of the historical Haydarpasa station in Istanbul April 24, 2010, during a demonstration to commemorate the 1915 mass killing of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire. Muslim Turkey accepts many Christian Armenians died in partisan fighting beginning in 1915 but denies that up to 1.5 million were killed and that it amounted to genocide, a term used by some Western historians and foreign parliaments. Banner reads "Never again". REUTERS/ Osman Orsal

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