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    Turkish PM visits Dink's family, Armenian patriarch to offer condolences

    Anatolia News Agency, Turkey
    Jan 24 2007

    Istanbul, 24 January: Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan
    offered his condolences to family of Turkish-Armenian weekly Agos
    editor-in-chief Hrant Dink, who was shot dead in front of his office
    building in Istanbul last Friday.

    Erdogan was accompanied by Agriculture and Rural Affairs Minister
    Mehdi Eker, Istanbul Governor Muammer Guler and Mayor Kadir Topbas
    during his visit to Dink's house in Bakirkoy district.

    Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan also offered his condolences to
    Mesrob II, the Patriarch of the Armenians in Turkey, over killing of
    journalist Hrant Dink.

    During his visit to Mesrob II, Erdogan expressed his profound sorrow
    over killing of Dink.

    Dink was shot dead in front of his office building in Istanbul
    last Friday.

    He was laid to rest yesterday in Balikli Armenian Cemetery following
    a funeral at Virgin Mary Church in Kumkapi district.
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