Turkish-Armenian writer shot dead
Armed man kills Hrant Dink, known for highlighting the mass killings of Armenians by Turks in the last century.
Arrests
Muammer Guler, the governor of Istanbul, was quoted by the Anatolia news agency as saying that three people have been taken into custody in connection with Dink’s murder on Friday.
Thousands of Turks took to the streets to protest against the murder.
Some 2,000 people gathered at Taksim Square, the main business and entertainment centre of Istanbul, as hundreds of riot police looked on.
“We are all Armenians, We are all Hrant Dink,” chanted the protesters, many carrying red carnations and pictures of Dink with the inscription “My dear brother” in Turkish, Armenian and English.
One demonstrator waved Turkish and Armenian flags.
The protesters were marching to the offices of Dink’s newspaper in the Sisli district, about three kilometers away, where hundreds of others have kept a vigil since his murder.
In Ankara, about 700 people – trade unionists and human rights activists – held a 30-minute sit-in in central Kizilay square, the Anatolia news agency reported.