Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has made a visit of condolence to the family of 'Agos' editor-in-chief Hrant Dink, the Turkish-Armenian journalist who was gunned down on Friday. He offered his condolences to Rakel Dink, the wife of the slain journalist, and other family members, Cihan News Agency reports. No press members were allowed inside the house. Erdogan stayed over one hour at Dink's residence, much longer than the visit, which had been planned as 20 minutes. Turkish premier then proceeded to the Armenian Patriarchate located in the Kumkapi quarter, also located on the European side of the city. He met Patriarch Mesrob II and extended his condolences to the spiritual leader of Armenian community living in Istanbul.

PM Erdogan could not attend the funeral of Dink on Tuesday since he, along with his Italian counterpart Romano Prodi, was attending the opening ceremony of a tunnel connecting capital Ankara and Istanbul. Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul did not attend Dink's funeral too.