Before being gunned down, Dink had incurred the wrath of Turkish authorities, who prosecuted him for confronting the issue of whether the massacres of Armenians early in the 20th century constituted genocide.
Prije no što je ustrijeljen, Dink je na sebe navukao gnjev turskih vlasti, koje su ga sudski gonile zbog načinjanja teme o tome jesu li masakri Armenaca početkom 20. stoljeća bili genocid.