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JAILED PKK LEADER HONORS MEMORY OF SLAIN TURKISH-ARMENIAN JOURNALIST DINK
Hurriyet Daily News, Turkey
Jan 13 2014
ANKARA
Hrant Dink, the renowned editor-in-chief of Agos, which has been the
voice of the small Armenian community in Istanbul for several years,
was murdered seven years ago.
Abdullah Ocalan, the jailed leader of the Kurdistan Workers' Party
(PKK), has honored the memory of Hrant Dink, an Armenian-Turkish
journalist killed seven years ago in an ultranationalist plot.
"I greet the memory and the struggle of the precious child of the
Armenian people, our brother Hrant," Ocalan said in a message which
was conveyed to the public on Jan. 11 following a visit to İmralı
Island by two deputy parliamentary group chairs of the Peace and
Democracy Party (BDP), İdris Baluken and Pervin Buldan, and People's
Democratic Party (HDP) deputy Sırrı Sureyya Onder.
"I hope to address our Armenian citizens with a comprehensive letter
and have it ready for the anniversary of the massacre of Hrant,"
Ocalan said.
Dink, the renowned editor-in-chief of Agos, which has been the voice
of the small Armenian community in Istanbul for several years, was
shot dead by Ogun Samast in front of his office in Istanbul on Jan.
19, 2007. Samast was sentenced to over 22 years in jail for the murder.
January/13/2014
Hurriyet Daily News, Turkey
Jan 13 2014
ANKARA
Hrant Dink, the renowned editor-in-chief of Agos, which has been the
voice of the small Armenian community in Istanbul for several years,
was murdered seven years ago.
Abdullah Ocalan, the jailed leader of the Kurdistan Workers' Party
(PKK), has honored the memory of Hrant Dink, an Armenian-Turkish
journalist killed seven years ago in an ultranationalist plot.
"I greet the memory and the struggle of the precious child of the
Armenian people, our brother Hrant," Ocalan said in a message which
was conveyed to the public on Jan. 11 following a visit to İmralı
Island by two deputy parliamentary group chairs of the Peace and
Democracy Party (BDP), İdris Baluken and Pervin Buldan, and People's
Democratic Party (HDP) deputy Sırrı Sureyya Onder.
"I hope to address our Armenian citizens with a comprehensive letter
and have it ready for the anniversary of the massacre of Hrant,"
Ocalan said.
Dink, the renowned editor-in-chief of Agos, which has been the voice
of the small Armenian community in Istanbul for several years, was
shot dead by Ogun Samast in front of his office in Istanbul on Jan.
19, 2007. Samast was sentenced to over 22 years in jail for the murder.
January/13/2014