NTV MSNBC, Turkey
Jan 14 2008

Turkish leftist party remembers slain journalist Hrant Dink

The Turkish-Armenian journalist was killed on January 19 last year,
allegedly by a gunman linked to far right wing groups.

Güncelleme: 14:32 TSÝ 14 Ocak 2008 Pazartesi

ISTANBUL – The memory of slain Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink
was commemorated at a cememony organised by the left wing Freedom and
Solidarity Party (ODP) in Istanbul on Sunday.

Dink’s widow Rakel thanked the participants for showing respect to
her husband, who was gunned down outside the office of the newspaper
Argos of which he was the editor on January 19 last year.

Ufuk Uras, ODP’s chairman and a parliamentary deputy for Istanbul,
said that the files on those accused of involvement in Dink’s murder
were being hidden in provinces they had been come to.

Uras said that an organised group was behind the murder.