Coming to terms with a difficult past: the trauma of the assassination of Hrant Dink and its repercussions on Turkish national identity

摘要: This paper takes as its subject the question of why some nations are less willing to acknowledge past atrocities. To answer that question, it focuses on assassination Hrant Dink – a Turkish-Armenian journalist and repercussions Turkish national identity. Scrutinising newspaper articles written before after (2004–2007), casts detailed glance at struggle between two carrier groups pro- anti-acknowledgement argues increased likelihood acknowledgement mass killing Armenians in 1915 by creating cultural trauma informed collective guilt. However, relief generated funeral, combined with strength master commemorative narrative regarding killings, decreased likelihood, despite huge public reaction created there was no attempt acknowledgement. As such, contributes our understanding perpetrators claims that, addition other factors listed earlier studies, is necessary but not sufficient condition for coming terms difficult pasts.