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17 Jun 2013

Turkey told to end incommunicado detention of Istanbul protesters

Police in Turkey have been refusing to acknowledge that they have been holding people in custody following mass detentions carried out across Istanbul.
21 Jan 2007

Killing of Armenian editor deplored by church leader

The murder on 19 January 2007 of prominent editor Hrant Dink in Istanbul, Turkey "is a devastating development," said Archbishop Vicken Aykazian, diocesan legate and ecumenical officer, Diocese of the Armenian Orthodox Church of America.