Hrant Dink was assassinated in Istanbul around 12:00 GMT on Jan.19, 2007, as he returned to the offices of Agos (Photo: Rupen Janbazian)
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To Our Knight
Hrant Dink
(1954 – Gunned Down, 2007)
Who can kill such a peaceful human?
To Our Knight,
Hrant Dink
Who had no sword
Only fingers on pens
That carved on many
Khachkars (Cross-Stones).
Born a Martyr,
He’s still alive
With his astrocytes,
For justice must prevail.
(C) Sylva Portoian,M.D
From my 16th poetry collection,
“Gomidas~Komitas, My Musical Saint” (April 2016)
_________________________
Nobel Prize-winning Turkish novelist, Orhan Pamuk
visited Dink’s family in Istanbul on January 21, 2007
“In a sense, we are all responsible for his death”.
To Our Knight
Hrant Dink
(1954 – Gunned Down, 2007)
Who can kill such a peaceful human?
To Our Knight,
Hrant Dink
Who had no sword
Only fingers on pens
That carved on many
Khachkars (Cross-Stones).
Born a Martyr,
He’s still alive
With his astrocytes,
For justice must prevail.
(C) Sylva Portoian,M.D
From my 16th poetry collection,
“Gomidas~Komitas, My Musical Saint” (April 2016)
_________________________
Nobel Prize-winning Turkish novelist, Orhan Pamuk
visited Dink’s family in Istanbul on January 21, 2007
“In a sense, we are all responsible for his death”.