Armed man held after Turkish ferry hijack bid
Reuters
Sunday, Jan. 28, 2007
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ISTANBUL (Reuters) – A man armed with a handgun who said he belonged
to a Turkish nationalist group surrendered to police on Saturday night
after briefly seizing a ferry in the Dardanelles straits, CNN Turk
television said.

The man, who threatened to blow up the ferry, seized the vessel on its
way from Gelibolu on the European side of the strait to Lapseki on the
Asian side, CNN Turk said.

The man shouted, "I did it for the homeland" after giving himself up
to police.

Passengers reported that he had seized the ferry in protest at
pro-Armenian sentiment in Turkey after the January 19 killing of the
Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink, which prompted large protests
in favour of Armenians.

ISTANBUL (Reuters) – A man armed with a handgun who said he belonged
to a Turkish nationalist group surrendered to police on Saturday night
after briefly seizing a ferry in the Dardanelles straits, CNN Turk
television said.

The man, who threatened to blow up the ferry, seized the vessel on its
way from Gelibolu on the European side of the strait to Lapseki on the
Asian side, CNN Turk said.

The man shouted, "I did it for the homeland" after giving himself up
to police.

Passengers reported that he had seized the ferry in protest at
pro-Armenian sentiment in Turkey after the January 19 killing of the
Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink, which prompted large protests
in favour of Armenians.