"Had he survived no telling what he would have said."
Not entirely true. He had plans to go to France and shout in a public square that there was no Armenian genocide if the law making it a criminal offense to say so was ever fully adopted–because Dink believed in free speech for all.

In his last editorial before he died http://hyelog.blogspot.com/2007/01/last-editorial-of-dink-translated-into.html, he indicated that he was preoccupied with the "Dark Humor".

Correction. Dink was not executed by "nationalists." He was killed by one criminal who conspired with a few others. Turks who kill other Turks are not nationalists. They are criminals and/or sociopaths.

I wish that this was correct. That what I though of initially too. In http://www.bianet.org/english/kategori/english/104282/more-than-ten-thousand-gathered-in-memory-of-hrant-dink it is clear that there was a big conspiracy behind Hrant Dink’s execution. I quote:

"Rakel Dink asked: “What has my country’s justice system done about the gendarmerie who knew everything up to the brand of the gun that was used in the murder, about the [nationalist organisations] who planned the murder? What has my country’s justice system done about the assistant governor and his so-called friends who tried to put my husband in his place?”"

It’s a nicely racist trick you use, trying to make all Turkish Nationalists look like psychos and is no different than Turks saying all Armenians are ASALA terrorists.

I would like to point ot you that I did not say Turk nationals. I said Turk Nationalists. Therefore, the point you are making is not applicable.

Not entirely true.  He had plans to go to France and shout in a public square that there was no Armenian genocide if the law making it a criminal offense to say so was ever fully adopted–because Dink believed in free speech for all.

Correction.  Dink was not executed by "nationalists."  He was killed by one criminal who conspired with a few others.  Turks who kill other Turks are not nationalists.   They are criminals and/or sociopaths.

Turkish Nationalists are people who believe in doing things that benefit the nation of Turkey and killing Turkish citizens, such as Dink, does not qualify as such.  Those who marched after his death, chanting "We are all Hrant Dink.  We are all Armenian." are Turkish Nationalists, not the criminal who pulled the trigger.

It’s a nicely racist trick you use, trying to make all Turkish Nationalists look like psychos and is no different than Turks saying all Armenians are ASALA terrorists.

Well, he saw that slightly differently himself: he was a Turkish-armenian, not an Ottoman Armenian. Nor did he see his life in the light you seem to see it.

He was a Turkish Armenian who suffered an Ottoman treatment of Armenians.

Then again, that’s also why the Armenian diaspora hated Dink with a passion.

They shared the same objective but differed in tactics. He spoke to the hearts of Turks and gained their respect in increasing numbers so much so that the nationalists felt threatened. His tactic unfortunately lead to his execution by nationalists. Had he survived no telling what he would have said.

BTW: although Turkey can certainly use some changes, the country that truly has to be transformed is Armenia, where tyranny rules.

Yes to each country its own remedy and timeline.

Through his life and death and its aftermath Hrant Dink symbolizes the struggle of the Ottoman Armenians. May the struggle for justice continue until it transforms Turkey.

Well, he saw that slightly differently himself: he was a Turkish-armenian, not an Ottoman Armenian. Nor did he see his life in the light you seem to see it.

Then again, that’s also why the Armenian diaspora hated Dink with a passion.

BTW: although Turkey can certainly use some changes, the country that truly has to be transformed is Armenia, where tyranny rules.