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POPSI am an Armenian today Whenever there is a sharp divide between the will of the nation and the will of the state, the skies first covered up with dark clouds, then it starts hailing, and, in the end, there is a storm. Dark clouds have been gathering ever since the episodes in Semdinli. It is obvious that as May 2007 nears, first it will start hailing, and then a storm will break out. by Cuneyt Ulsever - Turkish daily News
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POPSFarewell, My Dear Brother - Sireli Yegpayris From early morning, tearful mourners, many holding identical black-and-white signs reading "We are all Hrant Dink" and "We are all Armenians," gathered outside the Agos newspaper office where Dink was shot three times in broad daylight last Friday. Rest in peace, Hrant. We will never forget you, sireli yegpayris - my dear brother.
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POPSFury in Turkey at editor's murder A crowd of several thousand people marched towards the office of Agos, the bilingual Turkish and Armenian weekly newspaper Dink edited, on Friday night. Many carried red carnations and photographs of Dink with the inscription "My dear brother" in Turkish, Armenian and English. The mood was not sombre but angry, the BBC's Sarah Rainsford reports from Istanbul, with many demanding justice. There was also a protest by several hundred people in Ankara.
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POPSTurkish-Armenian writer shot dead I am so upset and so shocked that I can't write anything as a comment. Can't stop my tears while writing this. Terribly sad. Hrant Dink was one of the most important thinkers and intellectuals of Turkey. Dammit... Still can't believe this.