Brussels, 19/01/2007 (Agence Europe) - Enlargement Commissioner Olli Rehn said on Friday that he was « shocked and saddened” by the murder of the Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink. Mr Dink, who, last year, was given a six-month suspended sentence for insulting Turkish identity (on the basis of Article 301 of the Penal Code, which has been strongly criticised by the EU), was shot dead on Friday outside the Istanbul offices of his weekly newspaper, Agos. “Hrant Dink was a respected intellectual who defended his views with conviction and contributed to an open public debate. He was a campaigner for freedom of expression in Turkey,” Mr Rehn said. He added, “I trust that the Turkish authorities will fully investigate this crime and will bring the perpetrators to justice”. (hb)