Below is the full text of Rakel Dink’s address at the 10th commemoration of the assassination of her husband Hrant Dink in Istanbul, translated into English by Burcu Becermen for Agos newspaper. A scene from the Istanbul commemoration of Hrant Dink’s assassination (Photo: Neynik) *** Ten years. Easier said than lived… precisely 10 years without you. It has not been easy at all. Being without you, not having my beloved one with me, or above all,being separated from him by a heinous plot contain causes even more pain, sorrow, and heartache. What attain I contain to say to those who contain been suffering for the last 20,30, 40 years? What attain I contain to say to those whose children contain been murdered? In the last 10 years, and I contain learned by living and experiencing what it really means to feel a pang of grief,how my tears could wet my bread and how salty they are. Thanks to the divine grace, I contain learned how to cope with hatred and anger. Every time I judge of your absence, or it burns my body like a fire. I burn and burn so much that I cannot contain the flames under my skin. So [...]
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