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Agop Dilaçar

Turkish linguist (1895-1979).

Born May 22nd, 1895 in Istanbul.

Died September 12th, 1979 at 84 years old in Istanbul.

Occupations
journalist, linguist, turkologist, university teacher

When we finally know we are dying, and all other sentient beings are dying with us, we start to have a burning, almost heartbreaking sense of the fragility and preciousness of each moment and each being, and from this can grow a deep, clear, limitless compassion for all beings. Sogyal Rinpoche