Dink, who devoted his life to the reconciliation between his community and the majority Muslim Turks, was gunned down on January 19th 2007, outside his newspaper's offices.
Hayatını kendi toplumuyla Müslüman Türk çoğunluk arasında uzlaşmaya adamış olan Dink, 19 Ocak 2007'de gazetesinin bürosu önünde vurularak can vermişti.