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Saturday, January 20, 2007

Wave of condemnation at murder of Turkish editor from Greenslade

"Wave of condemnation at murder of Turkish editor

The murder of journalist Hrant Dink in Turkey has sparked a wave of protest inside and outside the country. Dink, a prominent member of Turkey's Armenian community, died after being shot from behind outside the Istanbul offices of Agos, the bilingual Turkish-Armenian weekly newspaper that he edited. Commenting on the murder, Turkey's prime minister, Tayyip Erdogan, said: 'A bullet was fired at freedom of thought and democratic life.'"

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