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Turks to remember murdered Dink Turks remember slain journalist
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A ceremony is to be held in Istanbul to mark one year since the murder of the ethnic Armenian journalist, Hrant Dink. A ceremony has been held in the Turkish city of Istanbul to commemorate the murder one year ago of the ethnic Armenian journalist Hrant Dink.
Hrant Dink campaigned for his country to confront one of the darkest chapters of its past: the mass killing of Ottoman Armenians in 1915. Flowers were laid and candles lit in the street where Mr Dink was shot dead, while a huge picture of him covered part of the building where he worked.
He was convicted of "insulting Turkishness", which many say labelled him a traitor to extreme nationalists. Mr Dink campaigned for his country to confront the mass killings of Armenians by Ottoman Turks during World War I.
Despite EU pressure on Turkey to change or abolish the law under which he was convicted, Article 301 still remains. Observers say Mr Dink's stance made him a hate figure for Turkish nationalists.
Thousands of people are expected to gather close to the spot where Hrant Dink was murdered. Nineteen people, including two leaders of an ultra-nationalist group, are currently on trial for his murder at a court in Istanbul.
It was 1457 local time (1257 GMT) - and at that time exactly, one year on, the crowd will mark a moment of silence. The trial, which began in July, is being held behind closed doors because the alleged gunman, Ogun Samast, is 17 years old.
Mr Dink's family has accused the authorities of collusion, and the court is also considering allegations of a cover-up.
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At a short ceremony led by Hrant Dink's close friends and family, they will remember a man who dared to speak out about one of the most sensitive issues there is here - the killing of hundreds of thousands of Ottoman Armenians. At a short ceremony led by Mr Dink's close friends and family, hundreds of people marked his murder at 1457 (1257 GMT) on 19 January 2007 with a moment of silence outside the offices of the Agos newspaper.
Modern-day Turkey denies it was genocide. Hrant Dink's stance made him a hate figure for extreme nationalists. Dozens of carnations and candles were laid at the spot where the 53-year-old died.
But his friends believe it was his conviction under the controversial Article 301 - for "insulting Turkishness" - that singled him out as a target. A huge photograph of Mr Dink covered the newspaper's building, while mourners in the street pinned smaller pictures to their chests.
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The murder of Mr Dink triggered widespread anger and shock in Turkey, and caused massive crowds to take to the streets, chanting: "We are all Armenians, we are all Hrant Dinks."
Mr Dink was a hate figure for extreme nationalists and had received death threats before he was killed.
He was well-known for writing articles about the mass killing of hundreds of thousands of Armenians by the Ottoman Turks in 1915.
Armenians have campaigned for the killings to be recognised internationally as genocide, as some countries have done.
Turkey admits that many Armenians were killed but it denies any genocide, saying the deaths happened during widespread fighting in World War I.
But the BBC's Sarah Rainsford in Istanbul says his friends believe it was his conviction under the controversial Article 301 - for "insulting Turkishness" - that singled him out as a target.
The government has long pledged to amend that law, which is a major obstacle to free speech here, and to Turkey's ambitions of EU membership.The government has long pledged to amend that law, which is a major obstacle to free speech here, and to Turkey's ambitions of EU membership.
Its critics say the revisions it has proposed are superficial at best, but even those have not been agreed on officially, or unveiled, yet. Its critics say the revisions it has proposed are superficial at best, but even those have not been agreed on officially or unveiled yet, our correspondent says.