i am hrant, i am armenian

Wed Jan 24 17:09:20 PST 2007

Funda, thanks to you and all your colleagues who've shared your grief over this loss.  Your words are a tribute to this man, who obviously had an enormous impact. Would that the entire world could learn from this experience.  I know that I am not alone in being reminded of the loss of Martin Luther King almost 40 years ago. 

>From Cherokee country in Oklahoma, USA
Steve Woodall
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  From: funda oral 
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  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

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  From: filiz <filiz at bugday.org>
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  Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2007 9:49:52 AM
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  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

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  From: OSLIST [mailto:OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU] On Behalf Of
  Michael M Pannwitz
  Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2007 8:53 PM
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  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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