TENSION OVER DINK CASE SPILLS INTO FOOTBALL STADIUMS; FANS PENALIZED FOR BANNERS

Hurriyet, Turkey
Feb 6 2007

Football fans who opened a banner reading "We are neither Armenian
nor from Malatya-We are Elazigliyiz" at a match between Malatya and
Elazig will not be able to attend football matches for another year,
according to regional sports authorities.

The banner, which was a response to banners at murdered journalist
Hrant Dink’s funeral which read "We are all Armenian," was interpreted
as being a clear provocation by many watching the match.

Dink was himself from Malatya.

In a related story, yesterday in Ankara cabinet ministers debated
an incident at an Afyon-Bozuyuk football match last week at which
certain fans chanted "We are all Ogun"; the chant was a reference to
the Ogun Samast, the 17 year old Trabzon resident who has admitted
to firing the gun which killed Hrant Dink.