Hundreds of thousands of people marched in Istanbul from the Agos newspaper's office to the Taksim Square in a protest against the assassination. According to the BBC, protesters chanted "We are all Armenian, we are all Hrant Dink.[44] People marched in other cities (including Ankara, Antalya, Bursa, İzmir, Tunceli, and Trabzon) as well to protest the assassination. They also blamed the Turkish state for the assassination, chanting, "The killer state will be held accountable".[45] Many press outlets expressed outrage over the killing.