Ceremony Held For Dink At Virgin Mary Church

Anatolian Times, Turkey
Jan 23 2007

ISTANBUL – A ceremony was held at Virgin Mary Church in Istanbul for
Hrant Dink, editor-in-chief of bilingual Turkish-Armenian weekly Agos,
on Tuesday.

Patriarch of Turkish Armenians Mesrob II conducted the ceremony in
Virgin Mary Church at Kumkapi district of Istanbul.

Turkish State Minister & Deputy Premier Mehmet Ali Sahin and Turkish
Interior Minister Abdulkadir Aksu represented Turkish government in
the ceremony.

Dink was shot in front of his office building in Sisli district of
Istanbul on Friday, and died instantly at the scene. Ogun Samast,
the murderer of Dink, was arrested in northern province of Samsun
on Saturday.