The AP reports today on the death of death of well respected Armenian journalist Hrant Dink, who was gunned down outside his newspaper on Friday. Significant as an outspoken critic of the Armenian genocide by the Ottoman Empire in the early 20th century, and a formidable proponent of free speech. Yet his tragic demise might help bring hope and healing to a long standing rift:
Amid the grieving, there were signs his funeral might become a catalyst for easing the antagonism between Turks and the dwindling ethnic Armenian minority.
The crowds marched along a five-mile route from Agos to an Armenian Orthodox church in one of the biggest funerals ever held in the city. They carried placards that read, "We are all Armenians" in Turkish and Armenian.
