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| Hrant Dink murder suspect named | Hrant Dink murder suspect named |
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| The authorities in Turkey say they have identified the chief suspect in the murder of Hrant Dink, a prominent journalist of Armenian descent. | The authorities in Turkey say they have identified the chief suspect in the murder of Hrant Dink, a prominent journalist of Armenian descent. |
| The suspect, named as Ogun Samas, was reportedly identified by his father who saw his picture on television and then informed the police. | The suspect, named as Ogun Samas, was reportedly identified by his father who saw his picture on television and then informed the police. |
| Mr Dink, 53, had written extensively about the mass killing of Armenians by Turks during World War 1. | |
| He was shot dead outside his newspaper offices in Istanbul on Friday. | He was shot dead outside his newspaper offices in Istanbul on Friday. |
| The governor of Istanbul named Mr Samas as the man whose image was captured on security cameras close to where Mr Dink was killed. | The governor of Istanbul named Mr Samas as the man whose image was captured on security cameras close to where Mr Dink was killed. |
| Police released very clear images of a young man with an angular face and thin beard. | Police released very clear images of a young man with an angular face and thin beard. |
| In one image he is seen running from the scene, tucking what officials say is a gun into his belt. | In one image he is seen running from the scene, tucking what officials say is a gun into his belt. |
| Mr Samas' family, from the Black Sea town of Trabzon, are now being questioned by police. | Mr Samas' family, from the Black Sea town of Trabzon, are now being questioned by police. |
| The governor said 12 people are currently being questioned in connection with the murder. | The governor said 12 people are currently being questioned in connection with the murder. |
| 'Genocide' | |
| Mr Dink's murder has shocked Turkey where Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan has vowed repeatedly that the authorities will do whatever it takes to catch the killer. | |
| Hrant Dink was one of Turkey's most prominent Armenian voices Journalists and politicians in Turkey have expressed outrage at the killing, which many described as a political assassination, while the US, EU, France, and several human rights groups also voiced shock and condemnation. | |
| Mr Dink had received multiple death threats from nationalists because of his views on the mass killings of Armenians during the final days of the Ottoman Empire. | |
| He was convicted in October 2005 for writing about the Armenian "genocide" in 1915, a claim denied by the authorities in Ankara. | |
| The issue is a sensitive subject in both Armenia and Turkey. Many Armenians have campaigned for the killings to be recognised internationally as genocide. | |
| Questions | |
| The Armenian government has condemned Mr Dink's murder. | |
| Its president, Robert Kocharian, said the killing "raises numerous questions and deserves the strongest condemnation". | |
| "We hope that the Turkish authorities will do everything possible to find and punish the culprit strictly in accordance with the law." | |
| The speaker of Armenia's parliament, Tigran Torosyan went even further. | |
| "Following the murder, Turkey should not even dream about joining the European Union," the Armenian news agency Arminfo quoted him as saying. | |
| The two countries still have no official relations since Armenia gained independence after the break up of the Soviet Union in 1991. |