Hrant Dink believed in speaking the truth and he paid the price. Rev. Krikor AghabalOghlu believed in telling the Turkish community the truth about the Armenian Genocide, and he was imprisoned and receives threats on his life to this day. Yet, he continues to preach. Hrant Guzelian believed in his vision to bring all the Armenian orphans and children from Eastern Turkey to Istanbul and teach them Armenian. There was an attempt to kill him, but he survived and he was later imprisoned, only to leave to France by force.
Each of them were given the opportunity to leave Turkey, and Rev. Krikor AghabalOghlu still receives invitations to leave his birthplace, where the Armenian Evangelical Church was born, but he refuses to leave and decides to stay.
No... they are not the heroes of the 1915. These are our heroes today!
Would you do the same? Would you talk about injustice even if your own safety and security is at stake? Most of the time we are afraid to even write...
Hrant Guzelian, Hrant Dink, and Rev. Krikor AghabalOghlu
Each of them were given the opportunity to leave Turkey, and Rev. Krikor AghabalOghlu still receives invitations to leave his birthplace, where the Armenian Evangelical Church was born, but he refuses to leave and decides to stay.
No... they are not the heroes of the 1915. These are our heroes today!
Would you do the same? Would you talk about injustice even if your own safety and security is at stake? Most of the time we are afraid to even write...
Hrant Guzelian, Hrant Dink, and Rev. Krikor AghabalOghlu