FRANCE TO ISSUE STAMPS FEATURING HRANT DINK

NTV MSNBC, Turkey
Feb 22 2007

French collection maker Christian Genevier had printed stamps in the
memory of the so-called "Armenian genocide" last year.

Guncelleme: 17:29 TSÝ 22 Þubat 2007 Perþembe

PARIS – France is to issue a stamp commemorating slain Turkish Armenian
journalist Hrant Dink.

Christian Genevier told Turkish television station NTV that he
had decided to design Dink stamp after he observed the shock among
Armenians in Turkey and France at the journalist’s murder. He added
that stamps were ready to go to print and that he already received
orders.

In a question whether he sought the permission of the Dink family to
issue the stamp Genevier responded saying, ‘I did not find the need
to do. I found the photograph on the internet and used it.’

He added that he did not think that there should be a problem and
said that had he printed stamps of murdered Russian journalist Anna
Politovskaya without her family’s permission.

The stamps designed by Genevier are being printed by the French Post
authority and in comparison with the standard stamp price of 0.5 Euro
the Dink stamps would be sold for 2.5 Euro.

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