On January 19-21 in Istanbul a workshop was held, in which the journalists selected through a competition in Armenia and Turkey took part (see YPC Weekly Newsletter, November 9-15, 2007). The event was organized under Armenian-Turkish team investigative reporting project, implemented by Yerevan Press Club and ARI Movement (Turkey) with the support of Eurasia Foundation. The project aims to produce high quality stories about issues of mutual concern. At the seminar the principles of joint work were discussed, the subjects of future publications and organizational issues regarding the investigations to be made.
On January 19 the Armenian journalists took part in the manifestation in Istanbul to commemorate the Chief Editor of the two-language Turkish-Armenian “Agos” newspaper Hrant Dink, shot dead a year ago by his editorial office.