"The Turkish curse after a death in Istanbul
By Hugh Pope
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Tuesday, January 23, 2007
Is there a curse hanging over Turkey? Each time the country achieves sustained development, something trips it up. This time it is the assassination on Friday of Hrant Dink, a newspaper editor, peacemaker and one of Turkey's most prominent Armenians. Turkey is trying to rise to the challenge. Denunciations of the murder fill the airwaves, from the government to Islamic leaders to the army. Thousands of Turks marched through the streets hours after the shooting, shouting: 'We are all Armenians, we are all Hrant Dink.'"
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