Monday, January 22, 2007

TURKEY: THOUSANDS EXPECTED TO PAY HOMAGE TO SLAIN ARMENIAN JOURNALIST

"TURKEY: THOUSANDS EXPECTED TO PAY HOMAGE TO SLAIN ARMENIAN JOURNALIST

Istanbul, 22 Jan. (AKI) - Thousands of people are expected to turn out for a march in Istanbul on Tuesday to commemorate promiment Armenian Turkish journalist Hrant Dink who was shot dead in the city last Friday. Organisers have asked participants not to chant slogans, wave flags or carry placards along the march's eight-kilometre route from the downtown offices of Dink's Agos newspaper to an Armenian Orthodox Church in the city's Kumkapi district, where his funeral will be held. The organisers said that in compliance with what they believe would have been Dink's desire, marchers would wallk under one slogan: 'We are all Hrant Dink, We are all Armenian'."

More:TURKEY: THOUSANDS EXPECTED TO PAY HOMAGE TO SLAIN ARMENIAN JOURNALIST