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Tuesday, 23 January 2007, 14:44 GMT

In pictures: Dink funeral

Thousands of mourners escort the coffin of Hrant Dink in Istanbul

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Tens of thousands of mourners lined the streets of Istanbul on Tuesday to escort the coffin of murdered Turkish-Armenian journalist, Hrant Dink.

Mourners hold placards and pictures of Hrant Dink

Mourners hold placards and pictures of Hrant Dink

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The newspaper editor, 52, was gunned down in the Turkish city on Friday, just outside his office.

Workers from the Agos newspaper attend the funeral of Hrant Dink

Workers from the Agos newspaper attend the funeral of Hrant Dink

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His colleagues paid their respects as the funeral cortege passed in front of the newspaper's offices.

Hrant Dink's wife sets free a white dove as their daughter Sera mourns

Hrant Dink's wife sets free a white dove as their daughter Sera mourns

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Hrant Dink's widow (centre) and daughters, Baydar (left) and Sera (right) led the mourning at the site of the shooting.

A Turkish man holds a mask of Hrant Dink and a placard

A Turkish man holds a mask of Hrant Dink and a placard

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Silent crowds carried placards reading "We are all Armenians". They paused and applauded as they passed the place where Hrant Dink was shot.

Hrant Dink's coffin is carried past his newspaper offices in Istanbul

Hrant Dink's coffin is carried past his newspaper offices in Istanbul

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Many roads were shut to allow the cortege to reach an Armenian Orthodox Church five miles (8km) across the city.

Mourners hold a picture of Hrant Dink

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Dink wrote controversial articles about the mass killing of Armenians by Ottoman Turks during World War I. He was to be buried at Istanbul's Armenian cemetery.

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