Armenian Agos Newspaper's Website Hacked
A hacker forced access to the website of Armenian Agos newspaper and posted a photograph of Hrant Dink murderer suspect Ogün Samast on the main page. The hacker published threats and insults towards people who supported assassinated journalist Dink.
A computer hacker posted a text on the website of weekly Armenian Agos newspaper which praised Ogün Samast, prime suspect in the murder case Agos founder Hrant Dink.
In the writing put on the main page the hacker(s) said that the murder "was done on behalf of the Turkish flag and the Turkish Republic". Moreover, a photograph of suspect Samast was posted. The actual main page and pages containing news articles of Agos cannot be accessed right now.
Besides plenty of spelling mistakes, the text is full of insults and threats against people who are supporting the newspaper and the Dink case. At the bottom of the writing it concludes: "The game is over".
Turkish-Armenian Agos editor-in-chief Hrant Dink was killed in front of the newspaper's office in Istanbul on 19 January 2007 after he had been targeted for quite a while on the grounds of his articles and opinions. Several cases had been filed against rights defender Dink. (BÇ/EÖ/VK)
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