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JUSTICE SOUGHT FOR SLAIN TURK ARMENIAN WRITER
Reuters
Gulf News, United Arab Emirates
July 3 2007
Istanbul: About 1,000 protesters demanded justice yesterday outside
a court where 18 suspects went on trial for the murder of ethnic
Armenian editor Hrant Dink in a case that has raised doubts over free
speech in Turkey.
Dink, whose comments about the massacres of Armenians in Turkey
in 1915 angered Turkish nationalists, was gunned down outside his
Istanbul office in January by a 17-year-old who has confessed to the
killing. More than 100,000 people turned out at Dink's funeral to
show solidarity and protest against violent ultra-nationalism.
'Shoulder to shoulder against fascism', the pro-testers chanted
outside the court in the Besiktas district of Istanbul as the first
hearing began. 'All of us witnesses want justice', read their banners.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
Reuters
Gulf News, United Arab Emirates
July 3 2007
Istanbul: About 1,000 protesters demanded justice yesterday outside
a court where 18 suspects went on trial for the murder of ethnic
Armenian editor Hrant Dink in a case that has raised doubts over free
speech in Turkey.
Dink, whose comments about the massacres of Armenians in Turkey
in 1915 angered Turkish nationalists, was gunned down outside his
Istanbul office in January by a 17-year-old who has confessed to the
killing. More than 100,000 people turned out at Dink's funeral to
show solidarity and protest against violent ultra-nationalism.
'Shoulder to shoulder against fascism', the pro-testers chanted
outside the court in the Besiktas district of Istanbul as the first
hearing began. 'All of us witnesses want justice', read their banners.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress