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Turkey: Crocodile Tears?

Categories: Central Asia & Caucasus, Middle East & North Africa, Armenia, Turkey, Ethnicity & Race, Freedom of Speech, History, Human Rights, International Relations, Media & Journalism, Migration & Immigration, Politics, Protest, War & Conflict

Erkan's Field Diary posts an account of attending Saturday's memorial to slain Turkish-Armenian newspaper editor Hrant Dink in Istanbul [1] on the first anniversary of his murder by an ultra-nationalist youth. The blogger says that while he is pleased to see some consensus in Turkish society about the tragedy of Dink's death, he also has to wonder how much is actually genuine.