Hurriyet Daily News, Turkey
Jan 7 2015
Turkish journalist dies in road accident in Armenia
ISTANBUL
Gaye CoÃ…?ar, a Turkish journalist, has lost her life following a road
accident in the Armenian capital Yerevan.
CoÃ…?ar, who was in the country as part of the Armenia-Turkey
Normalization Process program, funded by the European Union, succumbed
to her wounds on Jan. 7 in Yerevan, after the accident took place last
week.
The 40-year-old had worked at daily Evrensel, broadcaster NTV and
lately at Al-Jazeera’s Turkey arm. She also worked as an interpreter
for a number of organizations and foundations.
CoÃ…?ar had received a bursary from the Hrant Dink Foundation, named
after the assassinated Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink.
Her family said she would be buried in the Central Anatolian province
of Kütahya after her body is brought back from Armenia.
January/07/2015
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