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“Welcome to Hrant's homeland,” read a banner in Turkish, Armenian and English, which was unfurled by Turkish soccer fans during Wednesday's soccer match between Turkey and Armenia as a gesture to Armenians. Armenian journalist Hrant Dink was killed by an ultranationalist teenager in Turkey in 2007.
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Zaman: “This case is an opportunity for democracy,” read the headline of the daily's main story yesterday, which reported that the European Commission had given its full support for the ongoing trial into Ergenekon, a clandestine network accused of plotting to overthrow the government, in its newest progress report on Turkey. The report, made public in Brussels by EU Enlargement Commissioner Olli Rehn on Wednesday, stated that the ongoing Ergenekon trial is an “opportunity for Turkey to strengthen confidence in the proper functioning of its democratic institutions and the rule of law.” The Ergenekon trial offers Turkey an opportunity to face undemocratic implementations in its past, Rehn said. Radikal: Massoud Barzani, the leader of the regional administration of northern Iraq, who spoke with the daily's Cengiz Çandar in an interview, gave three messages, the daily announced in its lead story yesterday. The outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) should lay down its weapons, Turkish Armed Forces (TSK) operations against the PKK are not a solution to end the PKK, and the regional administration in northern Iraq is ready to do its best to ensure the success of Turkey's Kurdish initiative, which aims to solve Turkey's long-standing Kurdish problem, Barzani told Çandar. Sabah: “We are making history,” read the headline of the daily's top story yesterday, which quoted remarks from President Abdullah Gül before Wednesday's soccer match in Bursa between the national teams of Turkey and Armenia. Meeting with his Armenian counterpart, Serzh Sarksyan, who came to Turkey to watch the match, Gül said: “We have taken big steps. We are not writing history here, we are making it,” in a strong sign of support he gives to the normalization of ties between Turkey and Armenia. Saying that he faced many challenges and had difficulties vis-à-vis the normalization process with Turkey, Sarksyan said: “We are doing a good thing. The number of positive thoughts will increase.”
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