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| Turkish-Armenian writer shot dead | Turkish-Armenian writer shot dead |
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| The Turkish-Armenian writer and journalist Hrant Dink has been shot dead, Turkish media report. | The Turkish-Armenian writer and journalist Hrant Dink has been shot dead, Turkish media report. |
| Dink, the high-profile editor of newspaper Agos, was shot three times outside its offices in Istanbul, the paper said. | Dink, the high-profile editor of newspaper Agos, was shot three times outside its offices in Istanbul, the paper said. |
| Dink was one of the writers who had been prosecuted under Turkey's strict laws against "insulting Turkishness". | Dink was one of the writers who had been prosecuted under Turkey's strict laws against "insulting Turkishness". |
| He was given a six-month suspended sentence in October 2005 after writing about the Armenian "genocide" of 1915. | He was given a six-month suspended sentence in October 2005 after writing about the Armenian "genocide" of 1915. |
| Turkey's NTV television said police were searching for a teenager wearing a white hat and a denim jacket in connection with the murder. | Turkey's NTV television said police were searching for a teenager wearing a white hat and a denim jacket in connection with the murder. |
| The channel showed pictures of a white sheet covering the journalist's body in front of the newspaper building's entrance. | The channel showed pictures of a white sheet covering the journalist's body in front of the newspaper building's entrance. |
| Dink, 53, had received threats from nationalists who viewed him as a traitor, the Associated Press news agency reported. | Dink, 53, had received threats from nationalists who viewed him as a traitor, the Associated Press news agency reported. |
| He was a public figure in Turkey - one of its most prominent Armenian voices. | He was a public figure in Turkey - one of its most prominent Armenian voices. |
| He once gave an interview with the Associated Press in which he cried while describing the hatred some Turks had for him, saying he could not stay in a country where he was unwanted. | He once gave an interview with the Associated Press in which he cried while describing the hatred some Turks had for him, saying he could not stay in a country where he was unwanted. |
| Hundreds of thousands of Armenians died in 1915, in what many Armenians say was a systematic massacre at the hands of the Ottoman Turks. | Hundreds of thousands of Armenians died in 1915, in what many Armenians say was a systematic massacre at the hands of the Ottoman Turks. |
| Turkey denies any genocide, saying the deaths were a part of World War I. | Turkey denies any genocide, saying the deaths were a part of World War I. |
| Turkey and neighbouring Armenia still have no official relations. | Turkey and neighbouring Armenia still have no official relations. |