 The 2007–2008 academic year at the College of Europe was named in his honour.Hrant Dink was born in Malatya on 15 September 1954, the eldest of three sons to Sarkis Dink (known as Haşim Kalfa), a tailor from Gürün, Sivas, and Gülvart Dink, from Kangal, Sivas.His father's gambling debts led to the family's move to Istanbul in 1960, where they sought a new beginning.