13 Facts About Rakel Dink

Rakel Dink was born on 1959 and is a Turkish Armenian human rights activist, and head of the Hrant Dink Foundation.

Rakel Dink is the last member of the Armenian Varto Tribe who had settled in Cizre.

Rakel Dink is the widow of Hrant Dink, a Turkish journalist and human rights activist of Armenian origin who was assassinated on 19 January 2007.

Rakel Dink grew up in the Armenian orphanage, Kamp Armen, in Tuzla and served as the camp's manager for many years.

Rakel Dink later became known for her speech at her husband's funeral.

Rakel Dink is the second child of Varto tribe's chief Siyament Yagbasan and his wife Delal.

Rakel Dink is the last member of the tribe in Turkey.

Rakel Dink's father was taken to Istanbul with 12 children during his visit to the Armenian Protestant preacher Hrant Guzelyan, a program for the placement of Anatolian Armenians in Istanbul.

Rakel Dink was in the second group sent to Istanbul.

Rakel Dink, who did not speak any languages other than Kurdish at the time, learned Turkish and Armenian in Istanbul.

Rakel Dink received a special education at the Gedikpasa Orphanage.

Rakel Dink later met Hrant Dink at the Tuzla Armenian Children's Camp and married him on 19 April 1976.

Rakel Dink is the president of the Hrant Dink Foundation, which was established in 2007 in order to develop a culture of dialogue, peace and empathy in order to keep Hrant Dink's dreams, language and heart alive for a more fair and free world.