Azeri Press Agency, Azerbaijan
Jan 23 2007
Turkish Great Union Party leader protests against the slogan "We all
are Hrant, we all are Armenians"
[ 23 Jan. 2007 19:35 ]
Agos editor-in-chief Hrant Dink, killed on January 19, was buried in
Armenian cemetery in Istanbul today, APA reports.
Several thousand people, majority of which were Turkish Armenians,
participated in the funeral. They had a slogan "We all are Hrant,
we all are Armenians" in their hands. Armenian Deputy Foreign
Minister Armen Kirakosyan, the representatives of Armenin Diaspora,
accredited diplomats, Turkish Foreign Minister Abdulla Gul and Sate
Minster Mehmed Ali Shahin also participated in the funeral. Turkish
Prime Minister Rajep Tayyib Erdogan, President Ahmed Nejdet Sezer
and Headquarters Chief Yashar Boyukanit didn’t participate despite
many urges of some organizations.
Turkish Great Union Party leader Mohsun Yazichioglu protested against
the slogan "We all are Hrant, we all are Armenians". He said that
efforts to sue Turkish people using this incident are inadmissible.
"The reaction to assassinations of Turkish soldiers, policemen and
common people should be the same to Dink’s assassination. We should
use double standards if we want peace and stability in the region.
Why do we not protest against the happenings in Palestine, Chechnya
and Nagorno Karabakh?!", he said. /APA/