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    Pamuk sees defenders of 301 responsible for Dink's murder

    NTV MSNBC, Turkey
    Jan 22 2007

    People are still paying tribute to Turkish-Armenian journalist
    Hrant Dink, who was killed on Friday, by laying flowers at the scene
    of murder.

    Guncelleme: 16:32 TSÝ 22 Ocak 2007 PazartesiISTANBUL - The
    responsibility for the murder of Turkish-Armenian writer Hrant Dink
    should be laid at the door of those who tried to portray him as an
    enemy of Turkey, Turkey's Noble Laureate Orhan Pamuk said late Sunday.

    Speaking during a visit to the offices of the Argos newspaper in
    Istanbul, where Dink was gunned down Friday, Pamuk said that those
    who were still defending article 301 of the Turkish penal code were
    responsible of Dink's death.

    "Certainly we all are responsible.... But firstly, those who declared
    our brother an enemy of Turkey are responsible," Pamuk said.

    Pamuk, who along with Dink was also tried under notorious article
    301 of the Turkish Penal Code, which covers the crime of "insulting
    Turkishness", said that Dink, who was the editor in chief and founder
    of Agos, was killed because he expressed his thoughts.

    Famous Turkish singer Sezen Aksu visited the Dink family and spoke
    of her sadness at having lost one of Turkey's most courageous citizens.

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