"Editor Killed By Gunman in Western Turkey
IPI/SEEMO Calls for Thorough Investigation
Naomi Hunt, Press Freedom Advisor for Africa, the Middle East
Turkey's Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan addresses the media at his ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) headquarters in Ankara October 11, 2009.REUTERS/Umit Bektas
The editor-in-chief of western Turkish newspaper Güney Marmara’da Yaşam (Life in Southern Marmara) was ambushed and shot while leaving his office on Friday afternoon. Cihan Hayırsevener, 53, succumbed to his injuries later that evening in the Uludağ University Medical Faculty hospital in Bursa, according to news reports."
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