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Thursday, January 19, 2012

Turkey: 10,000 mark journalist's death 5 yrs on

Turkey: 10,000 mark journalist's death 5 yrs on

By SELCAN HACAOGLU, Associated Press – 19 minutes ago

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — More than 10,000 protesters marked the fifth anniversary of a Turkish-Armenian journalist's murder on Thursday as outrage continues to grow over a trial which failed to shed light on alleged official negligence or even collusion.

Human rights activists placed red carnations on the spot in Istanbul where Hrant Dink was gunned down in broad daylight outside of his minority Agos newspaper office by a teenage gunman.

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