Ankara invites Armenian diaspora to attend funeral for Dink
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Oluşturulma Tarihi: Ocak 22, 2007 10:16
The Ankara administration, amidst a backdrop of shock and disbelief over the murder on Friday of well-known journalist Hrant Dink, who was also the general editor of the Armenian community's Agos newspaper, has called on Armenian religious leaders from the diaspora to attend Dink's funeral in Istanbul on Tuesday.
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Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul has reportedly had Altay Cengizer, Turkey's "Special Consultant Ambassador" to Yerevan, extend invitations to the Yerevan leadership, as well as to Armenian religious leaders across the world to come pay respects in the services for Dink. According to the Turkish Foreign Ministry, the heated telephone diplomacy carried out over the past days in the wake of Dink's murder in Istanbul has brought forth positive results: while Yerevan has notified Ankara that its top level foreign affairs officials would be attending Dink's funeral, it is also anticipated now that Patriarch Hajak Parsamian from New York City will also be attending.