"An isolated fact which should be given the right weight but not emphasis. Such events do not reflect the thoughts of the vast majority of the Turkish population". It was stated to SIR by mgr. Luigi Padovese, apostolic vicar to Anatolia, who commented the music video which has been cast on the web by a Turkish ultra-nationalist man, in which praises are sung to the murderers of father Andrea Santoro and the Armenian journalist Hrant Dink. "I have not seen the video states the Vicar but I think it is an isolated fact. Then the position of the Turkish authorities that are on the tracks of the offenders is clear. What happened must not make us fall into generalisations or make us think that the climate has changed. Right now the situation is quiet. It is true that I am still under police escort, but over the last few months no major events have endangered safety. The climate concludes mgr. Padovese is quiet, the majority of the Turks are against these episodes which, I insist, are an isolated fact. Now we will see the reaction of the Turkish mass media that are very good at understanding these feelings".
