Agos

Agos
Ակօս

Cover of Agos on 18 January 2013 carrying the photo of its assassinated editor in chief Hrant Dink
Type	Weekly newspaper
Format	Berliner
Founder(s)	Hrant Dink
Editor-in-chief	Hrant Dink (1996–2007) Etyen Mahçupyan (2007–2010) Rober Koptaş (2010–2015) Yetvart Danzikyan (2015–present)
Founded	1996
Political alignment	Independent
Language	Turkish and Armenian (print and online edition) English (online edition)
Headquarters	Istanbul, Turkey
Website	www.agos.com.tr

Agos (in Armenian: Ակօս, "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 has a weekly circulation of over 5,000.

Following the coup Turkiye shifted to a neo-liberal free market economy as well as paving the way for a liberalisation in both politics as civil society. At the time the nearly 80.000 Armenians in Turkiye did not have any representation; At the time there were no Turkish written media outlets even though 80% of the Armenians in Turkiye could not read Armenian^[1] Terror attacks by PKK and ASALA made the Turkish citizens wary of minorities within their society. Adding to it Turkish mainstream media were actively spreading misinformation about Armenians collaborating against the Turkish state.^{[citation needed]} The already precarious position of the minority group within Turkiye resulted in a lack of cultural representation and -identity creating a growing demand for fair representation. ^[2][3]

In order to better the position of Turkiye's Armenian diaspora Hrant Dink established a commision. The goal of this commision were categorised to solve three problems. The first being related to the status of the Armenian community through the lens of Turkish politicians and media coverage, the second focussing on creating more equality such as preserving Armenian heritage as well as improving education and finally as third goal allowing the Armenians to work through generational and cultural trauma's build up due to a suppresive culture .

Hrant Dink and Mesrob Mutafyan developed a project to found a daily newspaper which would represent the Armenian minority within Turkiye. At the time Sarkis Seropyan estimated that 80% of the Armenian populace could not read Armenian thus creating a huge lack for representation in the media. The founders Luiz Bakar, Hrant Dink, Harutyun Şeşetyan, Anna Turay launched the first publication on 25 february 1996.^[4]

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.

Following Hrant Dink's assassination, Etyen Mahçupyan was named editor-in-chief. In 2010, he was succeeded in that position by Rober Koptaş.^[5] Arat Dink continued to serve as executive editor.

In 2012, a plan made by the Atsız Youth to attack the Agos headquarters was exposed.^[6][7]

In 2015, Yetvart Danzikyan became editor-in-chief of the newspaper and Aris Nalcı executive editor.^[8]

• Eraslan, Hülya (July 2007). Agos (1996–2005): Türkçe-Ermenice Bir Gazetenin Tarihi (in Turkish). Gazi Üniversitesi İletişim Fakültesi. ISBN 978-975-483-749-0. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-12-22.

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