kurdishinfo.com, Germany
Jan 28 2007

Turkish man held for threatening ferry

ANKARA, Turkey – Police detained a man who threatened to blow up a
ferry in protest of pro-Armenian slogans chanted at a slain
journalist’s funeral, a provincial official said Sunday.

The man, claiming to be armed and have plastic explosives, seized the
ferry as it was on its way from Gelibolu to Lapseki late Saturday,
said Yusuf Ziya Ince, deputy governor of Canakkale province.

The man gave himself up to police after 2 1/2 hours and released all
passengers unharmed, Ince said. He had a fake gun but was not
carrying any explosives, Ince said.

Television footage showed the man shouting: "I did it for the
country," as he was being led away from the ferry to a police
vehicle.

Ethnic Armenian journalist Hrant Dink, who angered nationalists by
calling the mass killing of Armenians in the early 20th century
genocide, was gunned down outside his newspaper a week ago.

His funeral inspired a massive outpouring of support for
reconciliation between Armenians and Turks.

Ince said the man was angered by the pro-Armenia slogans chanted at
Dink’s funeral and unfurled a Turkish flag while aboard the ferry.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress