All Headline News
Jan 24 2007
Turkish Journalist Mourned Monday
January 24, 2007 6:36 a.m. EST
Megan Shannon – All Headline News Staff Writer
(AHN) – The streets of Istanbul were flooded Monday with mourners of
Turkish-Armenian Journalist Hrant Dink, who was murdered last Friday.
The 53-year-old news editor was close to his office when he was
gunned down. He was known for his controversial writings on the
genocide of Armenians by Ottoman Turks during World War I.
Tens of thousands of people followed Dink’s coffin for five miles,
pausing at the spot where he was shot to applaud. They stopped at the
Armenian Orthodox church where Dink was buried.
During the funeral Dink’s widow said, "We are seeing off our brother
with a silent walk, without slogans and without asking how a baby
became a murderer."
Teenage suspect Ogun Samast confessed to the murder. Police have six
other suspects they are questioning at this time.