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HRANT DINK'S FIRST AND ONLY BOOK IS PUBLISHED
BIA
June 27 2008
Turkey
Dink's book in which he discusses the Armenia-Turkey relations that
he saw as the key to solving the Armenian problem. "İki Yakın Halk
Ä°ki Uzak KomÅ~_u" (Two Close People Two Far Neighbors) is published
by International Hrant Dink Foundation.
International Hrant Dink Foundation has published Hrant Dink's book
titled "Ä°ki Yakın Halk Ä°ki Uzak KomÅ~_u" (Two Close People Two
Far Neighbors), which Dink had written, before he was murdered, for
Foreign Politics Program of the Turkish Economic and Social Studies
Foundation (TESEV).
"Dink's Memento" Etyen Mahcupyan, who prepared the book, said in
the preface he wrote that "This book is an invitation...invitation
to the heart, to love, to the conscience, to all of humanity...This
is a memento of a man of action who made his mark on our souls,
who soften up all of us with a single touch..."
According to Mahcupyan, what the director of the Foreign Politics
Program Mensur Akgun expected from Dink was "a balanced monographic
text towards solution, dealing with the dimensions of the relations
between Turkey and Armenia, but at the same looking at the relations
between Turks and Armenians in the background as well." However,
Dink realized that Akgun would not have found the text he had written
in 2005 suitable. In fact, Akgun asked for some changes in the book
that he thought was a "bit" far from the distant approach that was
asked. Later Hrant Dink was taken from us.
When Akgun said that publishing this book was a matter of a debt of
loyalty and that it was more fitting that the International Hrant
Dink Foundation published it, the book became published under the
editorship of Mahcupyan.
Mahcupyan writes in the preface, "It is difficult to believe, but this
book had completely gotten out of my mind. Perhaps losing Hrant had
forced my inner world reject everything that was connected to him,
fearing that he would be replaced. However, in time, this book became
one of the means of healing my soul."
Dink tells in his book how important the relations between Turkey
and Armenia are for the solution of the "Armenian Problem", the
disagreement in the Turkish-Armenian "lack of any connection".
The book includes the complete text of Dink's famous speech titled
"Su catlagını buldu", which was given at BilgiUniversity, the text
of Armenian Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanyan's 2005 call to Turkey
and Dink's speeches given at the commissions in the Turkish Parliament.
The responsibility of filling in the blank pages While dedicating
the book to the Armenian people, who, after living on this land as a
productive people for thousands of years, were, during those painful
years, taken away from the land where they used to live and their ties
with life and the civilization they created were ripped off, and to
all the innocent Anatolians, whether Armenian, Turkish or Kurdish,
who lost their lives during this period, Dink adds the following:
>>From the perspective of the Turkish-Armenian relations, our common
destiny that began the centuries ago and that will go for centuries
is once more right before us.
Our ancestors filled in their own pages more or less.
The real problem is how we will fill in the blank pages today.
Are we going to behave like those responsible for the great catastrophe
or like those who have taken their lesson and are trying to fill in
the pages like civilized people? This is the greatest responsibility
put in front of us.
Those who escape from this responsibility or those who still want to
fill in the pages with bad and painful incidents are actually not any
different from those who are responsible for those pains suffered in
the past.
We, those who feel responsible, must not allow them monopolize the
job of filling in these pages.
Dink's book is an important source for those who want to fill in the
blank pages in a different way, for those who care about this. At
the same time, as another example of his ability to enter dialog
even with those who were trying to shut him up through harsh means,
it is an invitation to everyone. (TK/EZO/TB)
--Boundary_(ID_1GlJB4JMwzRnykWcTDJi1Q )--
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
BIA
June 27 2008
Turkey
Dink's book in which he discusses the Armenia-Turkey relations that
he saw as the key to solving the Armenian problem. "İki Yakın Halk
Ä°ki Uzak KomÅ~_u" (Two Close People Two Far Neighbors) is published
by International Hrant Dink Foundation.
International Hrant Dink Foundation has published Hrant Dink's book
titled "Ä°ki Yakın Halk Ä°ki Uzak KomÅ~_u" (Two Close People Two
Far Neighbors), which Dink had written, before he was murdered, for
Foreign Politics Program of the Turkish Economic and Social Studies
Foundation (TESEV).
"Dink's Memento" Etyen Mahcupyan, who prepared the book, said in
the preface he wrote that "This book is an invitation...invitation
to the heart, to love, to the conscience, to all of humanity...This
is a memento of a man of action who made his mark on our souls,
who soften up all of us with a single touch..."
According to Mahcupyan, what the director of the Foreign Politics
Program Mensur Akgun expected from Dink was "a balanced monographic
text towards solution, dealing with the dimensions of the relations
between Turkey and Armenia, but at the same looking at the relations
between Turks and Armenians in the background as well." However,
Dink realized that Akgun would not have found the text he had written
in 2005 suitable. In fact, Akgun asked for some changes in the book
that he thought was a "bit" far from the distant approach that was
asked. Later Hrant Dink was taken from us.
When Akgun said that publishing this book was a matter of a debt of
loyalty and that it was more fitting that the International Hrant
Dink Foundation published it, the book became published under the
editorship of Mahcupyan.
Mahcupyan writes in the preface, "It is difficult to believe, but this
book had completely gotten out of my mind. Perhaps losing Hrant had
forced my inner world reject everything that was connected to him,
fearing that he would be replaced. However, in time, this book became
one of the means of healing my soul."
Dink tells in his book how important the relations between Turkey
and Armenia are for the solution of the "Armenian Problem", the
disagreement in the Turkish-Armenian "lack of any connection".
The book includes the complete text of Dink's famous speech titled
"Su catlagını buldu", which was given at BilgiUniversity, the text
of Armenian Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanyan's 2005 call to Turkey
and Dink's speeches given at the commissions in the Turkish Parliament.
The responsibility of filling in the blank pages While dedicating
the book to the Armenian people, who, after living on this land as a
productive people for thousands of years, were, during those painful
years, taken away from the land where they used to live and their ties
with life and the civilization they created were ripped off, and to
all the innocent Anatolians, whether Armenian, Turkish or Kurdish,
who lost their lives during this period, Dink adds the following:
>>From the perspective of the Turkish-Armenian relations, our common
destiny that began the centuries ago and that will go for centuries
is once more right before us.
Our ancestors filled in their own pages more or less.
The real problem is how we will fill in the blank pages today.
Are we going to behave like those responsible for the great catastrophe
or like those who have taken their lesson and are trying to fill in
the pages like civilized people? This is the greatest responsibility
put in front of us.
Those who escape from this responsibility or those who still want to
fill in the pages with bad and painful incidents are actually not any
different from those who are responsible for those pains suffered in
the past.
We, those who feel responsible, must not allow them monopolize the
job of filling in these pages.
Dink's book is an important source for those who want to fill in the
blank pages in a different way, for those who care about this. At
the same time, as another example of his ability to enter dialog
even with those who were trying to shut him up through harsh means,
it is an invitation to everyone. (TK/EZO/TB)
--Boundary_(ID_1GlJB4JMwzRnykWcTDJi1Q )--
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress