Sofia News Agency, Bulgaria
Jan 20 2007

Armenia Furious over Dink’s Murder

Politics: 20 January 2007, Saturday.

The Armenian government has condemned the murder in Istanbul of a
prominent Turkish journalist of Armenian descent.

The speaker of Armenia’s parliament Tigran Torosyan said the murder
showed that Turkey should not even dream about joining the European
Union.

Hrant Dink’s murder on Friday sparked a protest by thousands of
people where he was shot near his newspaper’s offices.

He had written extensively about the massacre of Armenians during the
final days of the Ottoman Empire in 1915.

Journalists and politicians in Turkey have expressed outrage at the
killing, which many described as a political assassination, while the
US, EU, France, and several human rights groups also voiced shock and
condemnation.

Police said Hrant Dink was shot twice. Late on Friday, Turkish media
quoted Istanbul’s governor as saying three people were in custody
over the killing.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress