i am hrant, i am armenian

[funda oral]

the newspaper says hundred thousand people were there, there is a picture of the march at following  web site of a newspaper
 
http://www.radikal.com.tr/

This may sound like an advertisement. But everthing seemed so despirate that  i needed to believe in people's power, reaction and common sense , 
i am glad to have seen a piece of it now and wanted to share.  

funda

----- Original Message ----
From: filiz <filiz at bugday.org>
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Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2007 9:49:52 AM
Subject: Re: i am hrant, i am armenian


Oh not a waste...not a waste. Hrant Dink opened the space for millions
with his life, his beliefs, his acts...and now with his death. Today as
we marched across Istanbul, tens of thousands of people, sometimes
applauding, sometimes silent and sobbing, the shift in the conscience of
people was palpable. Finally people of this land, Turkish, Kurdish,
Armenian and all the others gathered to honor one big man's life and
work and there are so many of us who cares, who says enough to this
tragedy. 

The shame and weight of this crime is in our hearts. Along with the
gratitude for Hrant Dink planted seeds of peace and solidarity in our
hearts. 
For sure one march is not enough, there is much more to do on our side.
I hope that this will be the start of reconciliation between the peoples
of this land. 

Today we were all Hrant Dink, we were all Armenian. 

Filiz


-----Original Message-----
From: OSLIST [mailto:OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU] On Behalf Of
Michael M Pannwitz
Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2007 8:53 PM
To: OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU
Subject: Re: i am hrant, i am armenian

Dear Nuran,
just returned, met Serpil there with her family!
It was a great wake! I think there were 500 people there, standing in 
circles as in open space around a tree where there were pictures of Hran

and torches and candles...and some speakers that used mostly Turk 
languages. I was touched. What a tragedy. What a waste.
It's so hard to say "Whatever happened...." in those moments.
Martin Luther King was mentioned, I just heard a speaker say his name.
I remember so well when he was murdered just a few miles down the road 
from where I was working and living then. What changes since then and so

much till to do.
Leaving on Thursday to facilitate an open space for 130 mostly women and

children on the topic of "Less government, more family!"...it will be a 
peaceful event...
Greetings from Berlin
the icewinds have taken hold of the city
mmp

Nuran Yigit wrote:
> Great man, great loss for turkey and the peace-movement in the world.
> I am now going to the gathering...
> Nuran, Berlin
> 
> 
>> From: Michael M Pannwitz <mmpanne at boscop.de>
>> Reply-To: OSLIST <OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU>
>> To: OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU
>> Subject: i am hrant, i am armenian
>> Date: Tue, 23 Jan 2007 16:54:10 +0100
>>
>> Dear Funda,
>> in 41 minutes there will be a gathering in memory of hrant at 
>> Kottbusser Tor in Berlin, very close to the place where we always
meet 
>> for our local Berlin stammtisch.
>> Greetings from Berlin where there are also many that are very
decisive 
>> about peace... as I imagine in millions of places worldwide
>> mmp
>>
>> funda oral wrote:
>>
>>>  i have participated to the funeral of a wonderful man, an 
>>> armenian-turkish journalist, thousands
>>> of people had the following sentence is their hand both armenian and

>>> turkish
>>>  "i am hrant (his name), i am armenian.........."
>>>  i met filiz by chance
>>>  everbody just came by her/him self
>>>  thousands of individual participants who came together at one 
>>> feeling with one sentence
>>>  funda
>>> from istanbul, where thousands maybe millions of people are very 
>>> decisive about peace
>>
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