clipped from: www.turkishdailynews.com.tr   

I am an Armenian today

Today I am an Armenian. I am a Jew, a Greek, an Asyrian, a Chaldean today. Today I am a Kurd, a Laz, a Circassian, a Georgian, an Abkhaz, an Arab, a Gypsy! Today, I am very hurt, weary and sad. Today, my stomach is upset because I am forced to watch the same film over and over again. Why was Hrant Dink slain?

  I wonder:

  Will the conscience of those who insist on not changing Article 301 of the Turkish Penal Code (TCK), who cannot pronounce the word �Turk� for Hrant Dink but only refer to him with the cold label of � citizen of the Turkish Republic�, who made Dink suffer in courts but passed judgments in front of cameras without any restraint, who elusively answer �my party will decide on that� when asked whether they will be attending Dink's funeral, and who think they can avoid any responsibility by claiming �he did not request any protection,� ever rest?

  Do not look far away for Dink's murderer. Do not mix up those who politicize Dink's murder with the murderer.

  Do not rest before the real murderers are caught!