Anatolian Times, Turkey
Jan 20 2007
Erdogan: No Bloody Provocation Will Prevent Turkey From Advancing On
Its Path Towards Freedom And Prosperity
ANKARA – "No bloody provocation will prevent Turkey from advancing on
its path towards freedom and prosperity," Turkish Prime Minister
Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday.
Erdogan attended a ceremony to decorate Guenter Verheugen, Vice
President of the European Commission, with Turkish Industrialists’ &
Businessmen’s Association (TUSIAD) Foreign Policy Award in Ankara.
In regard to killing of Hrant Dink, editor-in-chief of bilingual
Turkish-Armenian weekly Agos, Erdogan said that everyone was shocked
by the assassination.
"A bullet was fired to free thought and our democratic life with the
bloody attack against Dink. Two ministers and all security units are
continuing their investigation," Erdogan noted.
"I believe that our nation will give the best response to this
traitorous homicide in unity," he stressed.
He added that they would keep fulfilling democratic reforms.