I saw this in the PI and thought it was pretty amazing. The Turkish gov't is very tough on protestors and they are adamant against info about their involvement in the Armenian genocide. Linda
ISTANBUL, Turkey -- More than 100,000 mourners choked the streets of Istanbul for the funeral Tuesday of an Armenian journalist whose slaying sparked debate about freedom of expression and whether Turks of different ethnic groups can live together.
"We are all Armenians!" chanted mourners in an extraordinary outpouring of affection for editor Hrant Dink, who had made enemies among nationalist Turks by labeling as genocide the mass killings of Armenians toward the end of the Ottoman Empire.
Dink was gunned down in broad daylight Friday outside his bilingual Turkish-Armenian newspaper, Agos.
The throngs virtually shut down central Istanbul as they marched five miles from the Agos offices to an Armenian Orthodox church for the funeral. Many participants carried placards that read: "We are all Hrant Dinks."
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