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FLOWERS ON JANUARY 24 INSTEAD OF APRIL 24 /video/
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[06:26 pm] 24 January, 2007
Thousands of people went to the streets today to pay tribute to the
memory of Hrant Dink, Turkish-Armenian writer killed on January 19 in
Turkey. People walked from Shahoumyan square towards Tsitsernakaberd,
with Dink's photo and posters in their hands. The mourning march was
mostly silent. Nevertheless, several posters said, "Recognition of
the Armenian Genocide is the only way of Turkey into the EU".
Today's mourning march was organized by the Yerevan municipality. The
march was headed by deputy mayor Kamo Areyan, Head of the writers'
union Levon Ananyan, writer Zori Balayan, and a number of politicians.
Residents of the regions, pupils, teachers and simply passers by joined
the march. By the way, for those who could not walk, the municipality
had sent busses to the Shahoumyan square.
As for why Tsitsernakaberd, the participants of the march are sure
that "Dink is 1 500 001st victim of the Genocide". They put flowers
to the eternal fire honoring the memory of not only the victims of
the 1915 Genocide, but also that of Hrant Dink./video/
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[06:26 pm] 24 January, 2007
Thousands of people went to the streets today to pay tribute to the
memory of Hrant Dink, Turkish-Armenian writer killed on January 19 in
Turkey. People walked from Shahoumyan square towards Tsitsernakaberd,
with Dink's photo and posters in their hands. The mourning march was
mostly silent. Nevertheless, several posters said, "Recognition of
the Armenian Genocide is the only way of Turkey into the EU".
Today's mourning march was organized by the Yerevan municipality. The
march was headed by deputy mayor Kamo Areyan, Head of the writers'
union Levon Ananyan, writer Zori Balayan, and a number of politicians.
Residents of the regions, pupils, teachers and simply passers by joined
the march. By the way, for those who could not walk, the municipality
had sent busses to the Shahoumyan square.
As for why Tsitsernakaberd, the participants of the march are sure
that "Dink is 1 500 001st victim of the Genocide". They put flowers
to the eternal fire honoring the memory of not only the victims of
the 1915 Genocide, but also that of Hrant Dink./video/