Anatolia News Agency, Turkey
Jan 19 2007

Turkish Foreign Ministry condemns journalist’s assassination

Ankara, 19 January: The Turkish Foreign Ministry strongly condemned
the assassination of Turkish journalist of Armenian descent Hrant
Dink, editor-in-chief of bilingual Turkish-Armenian weekly Agos, on
Friday [19 January].

The ministry expressed sorrow over death of Dink, and stated,
"Security forces launched initiatives to arrest the assassin or
assassins."

The ministry offered condolences to family and relatives of Dink, as
well as staff of Agos weekly and Turkish people of Armenian descent.