So, just as Armenians in the U.S. like to be called Armenian-Americans, American-Armenians, American citizens of Armenian descent, I am using the standard way of talking about naturally born citizens but identifying their ethnicity especially when it has some relevance to the story.

Basically, yes, you do refer to someone’s ethnicity in such stories. Everyone in England as far as I am concerned has the right to call themselves British, but ethnicity in multicultural societies is also another issue very important. The U.S. is a perfect example of this, as I’ve detailed above.

Certainly, to call Dink an Armenian editor, in my opinion, is wrong, because the whole point is that he should be considered an equal citizen of the Republic of Turkey. That he wasn’t by some [Turkish] nationalists is the other side of the coin, especially for Kurds in the past who were unable to express the ethnic aspect of their identity.

Of course, you’re free to do a Google search for “ethnic armenian hrant dink” and take up the matter also with everyone from Cilicia.com to The Independent and The New York Times if you really want.

Anyway, Turkish-Armenian journalist, Turkish journalist, Turkish journalist of Armenian descent, or ethnic Armenian journalist in Turkey, I’d say Dink deserves the title although I’d personally wish he had gotten it when he was alive. Also, of course, that he was still alive, but anyway.