Dissident Turkish writer shot dead

Dink was a public figure in Turkey, and as the editor of the bilingual Turkish-Armenian newspaper Agos, one of its most prominent Armenian voices.

In his last column for Agos, Dink complained that he had become famous as an enemy of Turks and wrote of threats against him. He said he had received no protection from authorities despite his

complaints.

“My computer’s memory is loaded with sentences full of hatred and threats,” Dink wrote. “I am just like a pigeon … I look around to my left and right, in front and behind me as much as it does. My head is just as active.”

Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, in a news conference after the killing, vowed to catch those responsible and called the slaying an attack on Turkey’s unity.

Erdogan said he had appointed top officials from the justice and security ministries to investigate the killing, and that two suspects had been arrested in Istanbul.