Recep Tayyip Erdogan has made a visit of condolence to the family of Hrant Dink
PanARMENIAN.Net
25.01.2007 14:54 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has
made a visit of condolence to the family of ‘Agos’ editor-in-chief
Hrant Dink, the Turkish-Armenian journalist who was gunned down
on Friday. He offered his condolences to Rakel Dink, the wife of
the slain journalist, and other family members, Cihan News Agency
reports. No press members were allowed inside the house. Erdogan
stayed over one hour at Dink’s residence, much longer than the visit,
which had been planned as 20 minutes. Turkish premier then proceeded
to the Armenian Patriarchate located in the Kumkapi quarter, also
located on the European side of the city. He met Patriarch Mesrob
II and extended his condolences to the spiritual leader of Armenian
community living in Istanbul.
PM Erdogan could not attend the funeral of Dink on Tuesday since
he, along with his Italian counterpart Romano Prodi, was attending
the opening ceremony of a tunnel connecting capital Ankara and
Istanbul. Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul did not attend Dink’s
funeral too.