| Deportation of Armenian intellectuals | |
|---|---|
| Part of theArmenian genocide | |
 Some of the Armenian intellectuals who were detained, deported, and killed in 1915: 1st row:Krikor Zohrab,Daniel Varoujan,Rupen Zartarian,Ardashes Harutiunian,Siamanto 2nd row:Ruben Sevak,Dikran Chökürian,Diran Kelekian,Tlgadintsi, andErukhan | |
| Location | Ottoman Empire |
| Date | 24 April 1915 (start date) |
| Target | Notables of theArmenian community of Constantinople |
Attack type | Deportation and eventual murder |
| Perpetrators | Committee of Union and Progress (Young Turks) |
Thedeportation of Armenian intellectuals is conventionally held to mark the beginning of theArmenian genocide.[1] Leaders of the Armenian community in theOttoman capital ofConstantinople (nowIstanbul), and later other locations, were arrested and moved to two holding centers near Angora (nowAnkara). Theorder to do so was given byMinister of the InteriorTalaat Pasha on 24 April 1915. On that night, the first wave of 235 to 270 Armenian intellectuals of Constantinople were arrested. With the adoption of theTehcir Law on 29 May 1915, these detainees were later relocated within theOttoman Empire; most of them were ultimately killed. More than 80, such asVrtanes Papazian,Aram Andonian, andKomitas, survived.
The event has been described by historians as adecapitation strike,[2][3] which was intended to deprive the Armenian population of leadership and a chance for resistance.[4] To commemorate the victims of the Armenian genocide, 24 April is observed asArmenian Genocide Remembrance Day. First observed in 1919 on the fourth anniversary of the events in Constantinople, the date is generally considered the date on which the genocide began. The Armenian genocide has since been commemorated annually on the same day, which has become a national memorial day in Armenia (previously also in theRepublic of Artsakh) and is observed by theArmenian diaspora around the world.
TheOttoman Minister of the InteriorTalaat Pasha gave the detention order on 24 April 1915. The operation commenced at 8 p.m.[5] In Constantinople, the action was led by Bedri Bey, the Chief of Police of Constantinople.[6] On the night of 24–25 April 1915, in a first wave 235 to 270 Armenian leaders of Constantinople, clergymen, physicians, editors, journalists, lawyers, teachers, politicians, and others were arrested upon an instruction of the Ministry of the Interior.[7][8] The discrepancies in numbers may be explained by the uncertainties of the police as they imprisoned people with similar names.
There were further deportations from the capital. The first task was to identify those imprisoned. They were held for one day in a police station (Ottoman Turkish:Emniyeti Umumiye) and the Central Prison. A second wave brought the figure to between 500 and 600.[7][9][10][11]
By the end of August 1915, about 150 Armenians with Russian citizenship were deported from Constantinople to holding centers.[12] A few of the detained, including writer Alexander Panossian (1859–1919), were released the same weekend before even being transferred to Anatolia.[13] In total, it is estimated that 2,345 Armenian notables were detained and eventually deported,[14][15] most of whom were not nationalists and did not have any political affiliations.[14]
After the passage ofTehcir Law on 29 May 1915, Armenians left at the two holding centers were deported toOttoman Syria. Most of the arrested were transferred from Central Prison over Saray Burnu by steamer No. 67 of the Şirket company to theHaydarpaşa train station. After waiting for ten hours, they were sent by special train in the direction of Angora (Ankara) the next day. The entire convoy consisted of 220 Armenians.[16] An Armenian train conductor got a list of names of the deportees. It was handed over to the Armenian Patriarch of Constantinople,Zaven Der Yeghiayan, who immediately tried in vain to save as many deportees as possible. The only foreign ambassador to help him in his efforts was US ambassadorHenry Morgenthau.[17] After a train journey of 20 hours, the deportees got off in Sincanköy (near Angora) Tuesday noon. At the station Ibrahim, the director of the Central Prison of Constantinople, did the triage. The deportees were divided into two groups.
One group was sent toÇankırı (and Çorum between Çankırı andAmasya) and the other toAyaş. Those separated for Ayaş were transported in carts for a couple of hours further to Ayaş. Almost all of them were killed several months later in gorges near Angora.[18] Only 10 (or 13)[6] deportees of this group were granted permission to return to Constantinople from Ayaş.[n 1] A group of 20 latecomers arrested on 24 April arrived in Çankırı around 7 or 8 May 1915.[19] Roughly 150 political prisoners were detained in Ayaş, and another 150 intellectual prisoners were detained in Çankırı.[20]
Some notables such as Dr.Nazaret Daghavarian andSarkis Minassian were removed on 5 May from the Ayaş prison and taken under military escort to Diyarbekir along withHarutiun Jangülian,Karekin Khajag, andRupen Zartarian to appear before a court martial. They were, seemingly, murdered by state-sponsored paramilitary groups led byCherkes Ahmet, and lieutenants Halil and Nazım, at a locality called Karacaören shortly before arriving at Diyarbekir.[13] Marzbed, another deportee, was dispatched to Kayseri to appear before a court martial on 18 May 1915.[21]
The militants responsible for the murders were tried and executed in Damascus byDjemal Pasha in September 1915; the incident later became the subject of a 1916 investigation by theOttoman Parliament led byArtin Boshgezenian, the deputy for Aleppo. After Marzbed's release from the court, he worked under a false Ottoman identity for the Germans in Intilli (Amanus railway tunnel). He escaped to Nusaybin, where he fell from a horse and died shortly before the armistice.[21]
Several prisoners were released with the help of various influential people intervening on their behalf.[22] Five deportees from Çankırı were freed upon the intervention of the United States ambassadorHenry Morgenthau.[6] In total, 12 deportees were granted permission to return to Constantinople from Çankırı.[n 2] These wereKomitas, Piuzant Kechian, Dr. Vahram Torkomian, Dr. Parsegh Dinanian, Haig Hojasarian, Nshan Kalfayan, Yervant Tolayan, Aram Kalenderian, Noyig Der-Stepanian,Vrtanes Papazian, Karnik Injijian, and Beylerian junior. Four deportees were granted permission to come back from Konya.[n 3] These were Apig Miubahejian, Atamian, Kherbekian, and Nosrigian.[12]
The remaining deportees were under the protection of the governor ofAngora Vilayet. Mazhar Bey defied the orders of deportation from Talat Pasha, the Interior Minister,[23] and was replaced by central committee member Atif Bey by the end of July 1915.[24]
After theArmistice of Mudros (30 October 1918), several surviving Armenian intellectuals came back to Constantinople, which was under anallied occupation. They started a short, but intense, literary activity that was ended by the Turkish victory in 1923. Those who have written memoirs and books about their accounts during the deportation includeGrigoris Balakian,Aram Andonian,Yervant Odian,Teotig, and Mikayel Shamtanchyan.[25] Other survivors, such asKomitas, developed serious cases ofpost-traumatic stress disorder. Komitas underwent 20 years of treatment in mental asylums until his death in 1935.[26]
The official date of remembrance for the Armenian genocide is 24 April, the day that marked the beginning of the deportation of Armenian intellectuals. The first commemoration, organized by a group of Armenian Genocide survivors, was held in Istanbul in 1919 at the local St.Trinity Armenian church. Many prominent figures in the Armenian community participated in the commemoration. Following its initial commemoration in 1919, the date became the annual day of remembrance for the Armenian genocide.[27]
Below is a list of prominent Armenian intellectuals,community leaders and other public figures that were deported from Constantinople on 24 April 1915, the first wave of the deportations. The list of names are those that have been provided in theOttoman Archives and various Armenian sources:
| Name[n 4] | Birth date and place[n 5] | Fate | Political affiliation | Occupation | Deported to | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sarkis Abo Սարգիս Ապօ | Killed | Dashnak | Teacher | Ayaş | Armenian from Caucasus, killed in Angora (Ankara).[21] | |
| Levon Aghababian Լեւոն Աղապապեան | 1887 fromBitlis | Died | Mathematician, headmaster of high schools inKütahya andAkşehir (1908–14), directed his own school in Kütahya for three years[28] | Çankırı | Died in 1915.[28] | |
| Hrant Aghajanian Հրանդ Աղաճանեան | Killed | Çankırı | Brought to thegallows inBeyazıt Square (Constantinople) on 18 January 1916.[12] | |||
| Mihran Aghajanian Միհրան Աղաճանեան | Killed | Banker[21] | Ayaş | Returned to Constantinople where he was brought to the gallows.[21] | ||
| Mihran Aghasyan Միհրան Աղասեան | 1854 in Adrianople (Edirne) | Killed | Poet and musician | Der Zor | Deported to Der Zor, where he was killed in 1916.[29] | |
| Khachatur Malumian Խաչատուր Մալումեան | 1865 inZangezur | Killed | Dashnak | Dashnak militant, newspaper editor, played a role in organizing an assembly of forces in opposition to the Ottoman Sultan, resulting in the proclamation of the Ottoman Constitution in 1908. | Ayaş | Removed from the Ayaş prison on 5 May and taken under military escort toDiyarbakır along with Daghavarian, Jangülian, Khajag, Minassian and Zartarian to appear before a court martial there and they were, seemingly, murdered by state-sponsored paramilitary groups led byCherkes Ahmet, andlieutenants Halil and Nazım, at a locality called Karacaören shortly before arriving atDiyarbakır.[13] The murderers were tried and executed inDamascus byCemal Pasha in September 1915, and the assassinations became the subject of a 1916 investigation by theOttoman Parliament led by Artin Boshgezenian, the deputy for Aleppo. |
| Dikran Ajemian Տիգրան Աճեմեան | Survived | Ayaş | Returned to Constantinople[21] out of a group of ten deportees from Ayaş.[12] | |||
| Dikran Allahverdi Տիգրան Ալլահվերտի | Survived | Member of different patriarchal councils | Ayaş | Returned to Constantinople.[21] | ||
| Vahan Altunian Վահան Ալթունեան | Survived | Dentist[28] | Çankırı | Permitted to return to Constantinople soon after 11 May 1915.[30] He left Çankırı on 6 August 1915, was jailed in Angora, was displaced to Tarson, arrived in Constantinople on 22 September 1915.[28] | ||
| Vahram Altunian Վահրամ Ալթունեան | Died[28] | Merchant[28] | Çankırı | |||
| Aram Andonian Արամ Անտոնեան | 1875 in Constantinople | Survived | Hunchak[31] Հնչակեան Վերակազմ[32] | Writer and journalist; member ofArmenian National Assembly[33] | Çankırı | Belonged to the second convoy with only one[6] or two survivors that left Çankırı on 19 August 1915, broke his leg, was jailed in Angora 20–24 August then escaped after hospitalization in Angora Hospital.[34] He joined another caravan of deportees and returned to Constantinople only after Tarsus, Mardin, Der Zor, Haleb,[28] he stayed in concentration camps around the town ofMeskene in the desert,[31] published his experiences in his literary workIn those dark days, he edited acollection of telegrams, the authenticity of which is disputed, containing Talat Pasha's extermination orders; he assumed directorship of the AGBU Nubar library in Paris from 1928 to 1951.[35] |
| V. Arabian Վ. Արապեան | Patriot or educator[8] | |||||
| Sarkis Armdantsi Սարգիս Արմտանցի | Killed | Ayaş | Killed in Angora.[21] | |||
| K. Armuni Գ. Արմունի | Lawyer[8] | |||||
| Asadur Arsenian Ասատուր Արսենեան | Killed | Pharmacist[28] | Çankırı | Belonged to the second convoy with only one[6] or two survivors that left Çankırı on 19 August 1915, jailed in Angora 20–24 August killed en route to Yozgat[34] or died near Der Zor.[28] | ||
| Arslanian Արսլանեան | Merchant(?)[28] | Çankırı | ||||
| Artsruni Արծրունի | Killed[12] | Patriot or educator[8] | Çankırı | |||
| Baruyr Arzumanian Պարոյր Արզումանեան | Killed | Çankırı | Belonged to the second convoy with only one[6] or two survivors that left Çankırı on 19 August 1915, jailed in Angora 20–24 August, killed en route to Yozgat.[34] | |||
| Vahram Asadurian Վահրամ Ասատուրեան | from Gedikpaşa | Survived[18] | Pharmacist | Çankırı | Deported to Meskene where he served finally in the army as assistant physician and helped Armenian deportees.[28] | |
| H. Asadurian Յ. Ասատուրեան | Survived | Print office owner[12] | Ayaş | Granted permission to return.[12] | ||
| Harutiun Asdurian Յարութիւն Աստուրեան | Killed | Ayaş | Killed in Angora.[21] | |||
| Hrant Asdvadzadrian Հրանդ Աստուածատրեան | Survived | Ayaş | Returned to Constantinople.[21] | |||
| D. Ashkharuni Տ. Աշխարունի | Patriot or educator[8] | |||||
| Atamian Ադամեան | from Erzurum | Survived | Merchant[12] | Konya | Granted permission to return.[12] | |
| Varteres Atanasian Վարդերես Աթանասեան | 1874 | Died | Hunchak | "Headman" (mukhtar) of Feriköy, merchant[28] | Çankırı | Died in 1916 (?)[28] |
| Yeghise Kahanay Ayvazian Եղիսէ Քհնյ. Այվազեան | 13 October 1870 in Bolu | Clergyman | Jailed in Constantinople for two months | Deported to Konya, Bey Shehir, Konya, Ulukshla, Ereyli (where he met many clergymen from Bardizag), Bozanti, Cardaklik, Tarsus. He left Tarsus on 15 October 1915 in direction of Osmaniye, Islahiye, Tahtaköprü to the outskirts of Aleppo.[8] | ||
| Azarik Ազարիք | Died | Pharmacist | Çankırı | Died in Der Zor.[18] | ||
| Grigoris Balakian Գրիգորիս Պալաքեան | 1879 inTokat | Survived | Clergyman | Çankırı | Escaped. Lived inManchester andMarseille after the war — Published his memoirs[36] of exile.[13] Died in Marseille in 1934. | |
| Balassan Պալասան | Muslim from Persia | Killed | Adopted as child by Dashnak | Doorman and coffee boy for editorial staff of Azadamard | Ayaş | Killed despite intervention from Persian Embassy. |
| Khachig Bardizbanian Խաչիկ Պարտիզպանեան | Killed | Public figure | Ayaş | Killed in Angora.[21] | ||
| Levon Bardizbanian Լեւոն Պարտիզպանեան | 1887 inKharpert | Dashnak[28] | Physician and director of Azadamard | |||
| Vaghinag Bardizbanian Վաղինակ Պարտիզպանեան | Survived | Official of theKhayrie navigation company[18][28] | Çankırı | Permitted to return to Constantinople soon after 11 May 1915.[30] | ||
| Zareh Bardizbanian Զարեհ Պարտիզպանեան | Survived | Dentist | Çankırı | Permitted to return to Constantinople by special telegramme fromTalat Pasha on 7 May 1915.[37][38] The eight prisoners of this group were notified on Sunday, 9 May 1915, about their release[38] and left Çankırı on 11 May 1915.[30] | ||
| Manuk Basmajian Մանուկ Պասմաճեան | Survived[28] | Architect and intellectual[28] | Çankırı | Permitted to return to Constantinople soon after 11 May 1915.[30] | ||
| Mkrtich Basmajian[n 6] Մկրտիչ Պասմաճեան | Survived | Arms dealer[18] | Çankırı | Sent to İzmit for further interrogations together with other deportees. Fled to Konya. Was deported again, managed to escape halfway to Der Zor and returned to Constantinople.[28] | ||
| D. Bazdikian Տ. Պազտիկեան | Patriot or educator[8] | |||||
| Bedig Պետիկ | Writer, publicist[8] | |||||
| Movses Bedrosian Մովսէս Պետրոսեան | Dashnak | Teacher | Çankırı | Set free as he was a Bulgarian national and returned to Sofia.[18] | ||
| G. Beylikjian Կ. Պէյլիքճեան | Merchant[8] | |||||
| Khachig Berberian Խաչիկ Պէրպէրեան | Survived | Teacher[21] | Ayaş | Returned to Constantinople.[21] | ||
| E. Beyazian Ե. Պէյազեան | Patriot or educator[8] | |||||
| Beylerian Պէյլերեան | Son of Hagop Beylerian | Çankırı | ||||
| Hagop Beylerian Յակոբ Պէյլերեան | 1843 from Kayseri(?)[39] | Survived[28] | Father of Beylerian son[28] | Merchant[28] | Çankırı | Permitted to return to Constantinople soon after 11 May 1915,[30] died in 1921(?)[39] |
| Artin Boghosian Արթին Պօղոսեան | Survived | Çankırı | "Pardoned on condition on not returning to Constantinople" according to a telegramme from theMinistry of the Interior on 25 August 1915 on the subject of exiles erroneously unlisted in a former 3 August telegramme.[40] | |||
| Khachig Boghosian Խաչիկ Պօղոսեան | Survived | Doctor, psychologist, deputy of the Armenian National Assembly[28] | Ayaş | Arrested 24 April 1915, exiled 3 May 1915. He arrived in Constantinople after further deportation from Ayaş to Angora and Aleppo after the armistice.[28] Lived in Aleppo after the war. Founded a hospital. Published his memoirs of exile[13] – d. 1955 inAleppo. | ||
| Hampartsoum Boyadjian (Mourad) Համբարձում Պօյաճեան (Մուրատ) | 1867 inHadjin (Saimbeyli today) | Killed | Hunchak | Doctor, with a long and well-known history of political activity and agitation, one of the first organizers of the Hunchak in 1888 and one of its leaders, principal organizer of the 1890Kumkapı affray, leader of the 1894–1895Sasun revolt, after 1908Armenian National Assembly delegate from Kumkapı and deputy ofOttoman Parliament fromAdana.Mourad was hisnom de guerre.[13] | Çankırı | He was led toKayseri to appear before a court martial and then was executed there in 1915.[21] |
| Piuzant Bozajian Բիւզանդ Պօզաճեան | Survived | Member ofArmenian National Assembly[21] | Ayaş | Returned to Constantinople.[21] | ||
| Gh. Chplakian Ղ. Չպլաքեան | Survived | Konya | Deported to Konya, Tarsus, Kuşcular, Belemedik. Returned to Constantinople after the armistice.[12] | |||
| Yervant Chavushyan Երունդ Չաւուշեան | 1867 Constantinople[28] | Died | Hunchak | Armenian scientist, teacher, editor-in-chief of "Tzayn Hayrenyats" newspaper. | Çankırı | Deported toHama,Der Zor, where he died from illness.[29] He died at the same time in the same tent in a village near Meskene as Husig A. Kahanay Katchouni.[18] |
| Chebjie Ջպճը | Armenian-Catholic[28] | Architect | Çankırı | |||
| Dikran Chökürian Տիգրան Չէօկիւրեան | 1884 Gyumushkana | Killed | Writer, publicist,[8] teacher and chief editor ofVostan.[21] | Ayaş | Killed in Angora; brother of Chökürian below[21] | |
| Chökürian Չէօկիւրեան | Writer, publicist[8] | Brother of Dikran Chökürian | ||||
| Kaspar Cheraz Գասպար Չերազ | 1850 inHasköy | Survived | Lawyer, public figure, brother of Minas Cheraz | Çankırı | Departed from Çankırı in winter after seven months and survived the next three years as refugee in Uşak together with his companions Hovhan Vartaped Garabedian, Mikayel Shamtanchian, Vartan Kahanay Karagözian from Feriköy. After the armistice he returned to Constantinople.[8] He was deported instead of his brother Minas Cheraz who emigrated to France, Kaspar Cheraz died in 1928 in Constantinople.[28] | |
| K. Chukhajian Գ. Չուհաճեան | Merchant[8] | |||||
| Aharon Dadurian Ահարոն Տատուրեան | 1886 in Ovacik (near İzmit) | Survived | Poet[12] | Eregli | Returned to Constantinople after the armistice.[12] After a brief sojourn in Constantinople and Bulgaria, he pursued his studies in Prague (1923–28) and settled in France in the late 1920s. He died in 1965.[35] | |
| Nazaret Daghavarian Նազարէթ Տաղաւարեան | 1862 Sebastia | Killed | Physician, director of Surp Prgitch Hospital, deputy in the Ottoman parliament, deputy forSivas in theArmenian National Assembly, founding member ofArmenian General Benevolent Union. | Ayaş | Removed from the Ayaş prison on 5 May and taken under military escort toDiyarbakır along with Agnouni, Jangülian, Khajag, Minassian and Zartarian to appear before a court martial there and they were, seemingly, murdered by state-sponsored paramilitary groups led byCherkes Ahmet, andlieutenants Halil and Nazım, at a locality calledKaracaören [tr] shortly before arriving atDiyarbakır,[13] killed on the way to Urfa.[21] The murderers were tried and executed inDamascus byCemal Pasha in September 1915, and the assassinations became the subject of a 1916 investigation by theOttoman Parliament led byArtin Boshgezenian, the deputy for Aleppo. | |
| Danielian Դանիէլեան | Survived[18] | Hunchak | Tailor[18] | Çankırı | ||
| Boghos Danielian Պօղոս Դանիէլեան | Died | Dashnak | Lawyer[8] | Çankırı | Died in Der Zor.[18] | |
| Garabed Deovletian Կարապետ Տէօվլեթեան | Survived | Official of the mint[28] | Çankırı | Permitted to return to Constantinople soon after 11 May 1915.[30] | ||
| Nerses Der-Kaprielian (Shahnour) Ներսես Տէր-Գաբրիէլեան (Շահնուր) | from Kayseri | Killed | Çankırı | Belonged to the second convoy with only one[6] or two survivors that left Çankırı on 19 August 1915, jailed in Angora 20–24 August killed en route to Yozgat.[34] | ||
| Noyig Der-Stepanian[n 7] Նոյիկ Տէր-Ստեփանեան | fromErzincan[28] | Survived | Commission agent, merchant and banker[28] | Çankırı | Permitted to return to Constantinople soon after 11 May 1915.[30] About 40 members of his family died.[28] | |
| Parsegh Dinanian Բարսեղ Տինանեան | Survived | Physician | Çankırı | Permitted to return to Constantinople soon after 11 May 1915.[30] One of the organizers of the commemoration ceremony of 24 April 1919.[28] | ||
| K. Diratsvian Գ. Տիրացուեան | Writer, publicist[8] | |||||
| Khor. Dkhruni Խոր. Տխրունի | Writer, publicist[8] | |||||
| Krikor Djelal Գրիգոր Ճելալ | Survived | Hunchak[28] | Çankırı | Permitted to return to Constantinople soon after 11 May 1915.[30] | ||
| Missak Djevahirdjian Միսաք Ճէվահիրճեան | 1858 from Kayseri | Survived | Physician (gynaecologist at the court), member of a tribunal council[28] | Çankırı | Permitted to return to Constantinople on 11 May 1915.[30] The eight prisoners of this group were notified on Sunday, 9 May 1915, about their release[38] and left Çankırı on 11 May 1915.[30] Set free with the help of his friend Pesin Omer Paşa, died in 1924.[28] | |
| Armen Dorian (Hrachia Surenian) Արմէն Տօրեան (Հրաչեայ Սուրէնեան) | 1892 Sinop | Killed | French-Armenian poet, editor of "Arene" weekly (Paris), founder of the Pantheist school.[41] | Çankırı | Finished theSorbonne University in 1914 and returned toConstantinople.[41] Deported to Çankırı, killed in Anatolian desert;[29] was jailed in Angora after Çankırı and killed according to Nshan Kalfayan,[28] killed near Angora.[18] | |
| Chris Fenerjian (Silvio Ricci) | Survived | Ayaş | Set free as Bulgarian national and returned to Bulgaria.[12][21] | |||
| Parunak Ferukhan Բարունակ Ֆէրուխան | 1884 in Constantinople[28] | Killed | Official of Bakırköy (Makriköy) administration and violinist[28] | Çankırı | Belonged to the second convoy with only one[6] or two survivors that left Çankırı on 19 August 1915, jailed in Angora 20–24 August killed en route to Yozgat.[34] | |
| Hovhan Vartaped Garabedian Յովհան Վրդ. Կարապետեան | 22 June 1888 inBrusa | Survived | Clergyman, M.A. ofUniversity of Columbia, secretary of patriarch Zaven[8] | Çankırı | Studied in the United States, came back in 1914 and was ordained priest on 16 June 1914 in Echmiadzin. He departed from Çankırı in winter after seven months and survived the next three years as refugee in Uşak together with his companions Kaspar Cheraz, Mikayel Shamtanchian, Vartan Kahanay Karagözian from Feriköy. After the armistice he returned to Constantinople and became priest in Gedikpaşa and Balat, member of the religious council. From 20 July 1919 – 5 August 1920 he was elected primate of İzmir. Later he got a higher degree as celibate priest (Ծ. Վրդ.). On 8 January 1921 he left for America and became priest of the St. Lusavorich church in New York.[8] He survived and left the clergy.[18] | |
| Mkrtich Garabedian Մկրտիչ Կարապետեան | Survived | Armenian-Catholic. Dashnak head of Khoy.[12] | Teacher, Educator, Importer. Student of Mkrtich Khrimian, Egmiatzin. | Ayaş | Granted permission to return to capital as he was wrongly imprisoned in place of the teacher with same name.[12] | |
| Ghazaros Ղազարոս | Dashnak | Çankırı | Deported in lieu of Marzbed (Ghazar Ghazarian).[28] | |||
| Ghonchegülian Ղոնչէկիւլեան | Died | Merchant from Akn[28] | Çankırı | Died near Meskene.[18] | ||
| Krikor Torosian (Gigo) Գրիգոր Թորոսեան (Կիկօ) | 1884 in Akn | Killed | Editor of the satirical newspaperGigo[21] | Ayaş | Killed in Angora.[21] | |
| Gülustanian Կիւլուստանեան | Killed[13] / Survived[18] | Dentist | Çankırı | "Permitted to reside freely in Çankırı" according to a telegramme from theMinistry of the Interior on 25 August 1915 on the subject of exiles erroneously unlisted in a former 3 August telegramme.[40] Killed in a village called Tüney in 1915, together with Ruben Sevak, Daniel Varoujan and Mağazacıyan[13] in a group of five. | ||
| Melkon Gülustanian Մելքոն Կիւլուստանեան | Survived | Ayaş | Relative of his namesake in Çankırı;[28] set free and returned to Constantinople.[21] | |||
| Haig Goshgarian Հայկ Կօշկարեան | Survived | Editor of Odian and Gigo | Der Zor | Survived deportation to Der Zor and returned to Constantinople after the armistice.[12] | ||
| Reverend Grigorian Սուրբ Հայր Գրիգորեան | Pastor and editor ofAvetaper[18] | Çankırı | ||||
| Melkon Gülesserian Մելքոն Կիւլեսերեան | Survived | Çankırı | Permitted to return to Constantinople soon after 11 May 1915.[30] | |||
| Mihrdat Haigazn Միհրդատ Հայկազն | Killed | Dashnak | Patriot or educator,[8] member ofArmenian National Assembly, umbrella merchant.[21] | Ayaş | Banished a couple of times and then killed in Angora.[21] | |
| K. Hajian Գ. Հաճեան | Survived | Pharmacist | Çankırı | Returned from Çankırı after the armistice.[28] | ||
| Hampartsum Hampartsumian Համբարձում Համբարձումեան | 1890 in Constantinople | Killed | Writer, publicist[8] | Ayaş | Killed in Angora.[21] | |
| Hovhannes Hanisian Յովհաննէս Հանիսեան | Survived | Çankırı | "Pardoned on condition on not returning to Constantinople" according to a telegramme from theMinistry of the Interior on 25 August 1915 on the subject of exiles erroneously unlisted in a former 3 August telegramme.[40] | |||
| Ardashes Harutiunian Արտաշէս Յարութիւնեան | 1873 Malkara (nearRodosto) | Killed | Writer, publicist[8] | Stayed in Üsküdar on 24 April 1915. Arrested on 28 July 1915 and severely beaten at the Müdüriyet. When his father came to see him he was imprisoned as well. Father and son were deported together with 26 Armenians to Nicomedia (modern İzmit) and jailed in the Armenian church converted into a prison. Finally stabbed to death together with his father near Derbent on 16 August 1915.[12] | ||
| Abraham Hayrikian Աբրահամ Հայրիկեան | Killed | Turkologist, director ofArdi college, member ofArmenian National Assembly[21] | Ayaş | Killed in Angora.[21] | ||
| K. Hiusian Գ. Հիւսեան | Patriot or educator[8] | |||||
| Haig Hojasarian Հայկ Խօճասարեան | Survived | Teacher, educator, headmaster of Bezciyan school (1901–1924),[39] politician inRamgavar | Çankırı | Permitted to return to Constantinople mid-June 1915, deputy of the Armenian National Assembly in 1919[28] became later chancellor of the Diocese of theArmenian Church of America.[13] | ||
| Mkrtich Hovhannessian Մկրտիչ Յովհաննէսեան | Killed | Dashnak | Teacher | Ayaş | Killed in Angora.[21] | |
| Mkrtich Hovhannessian Մկրտիչ Յովհաննէսեան | Survived | Ayaş | Deported in lieu of Dashnak member Mkritch Hovhannessian, returned to Constantinople.[21] | |||
| Melkon Giurdjian (Hrant) Մելքոն Կիւրճեան (Հրանդ) | 1859 inPalu | Killed | Dashnak | Writer, publicist,[8] armenologist, member ofArmenian National Assembly[21] | Ayaş | Killed in Angora.[21] |
| Krikor Hürmüz Գրիգոր Հիւրմիւզ | Killed[12] | Writer, publicist[8] | ||||
| Khachig Idarejian Խաչիկ Իտարէճեան | Killed | Teacher | Ayaş | Killed in Angora.[21] | ||
| Karnik Injijian Գառնիկ Ինճիճեան | Survived[18] | Merchant[28] | Çankırı | Released upon request.[12] | ||
| Aris Israelian(Dkhruni) Արիս Իսրայէլեան (Տխրունի) | 1885 | Died | Dashnak | Teacher, writer | Çankırı | Was in Konya in 1916, died later under unknown circumstances.[18][28] |
| Apig Jambaz Աբիկ Ճամպազ | from Pera[28] | Died[28] | Armenian-Catholic[28] | Merchant[28] | Çankırı | Permitted to return to Constantinople soon after 11 May 1915.[30] |
| Harutiun Jangülian Յարութիւն Ճանկիւլեան | 1855 inVan | Killed | Hunchak | One of the organizers of the 1890Kumkapı affray, political activist, member ofArmenian National Assembly, published his memoirs in 1913. | Ayaş | Dispatched to Diyarbakir, but executed after Aleppo between Urfa and Severek by Haci Tellal Hakimoglu (Haci Onbasi)[42] – Removed from the Ayaş prison on 5 May and taken under military escort toDiyarbakır along with Daghavarian, Agnouni, Khajag, Minassian and Zartarian to appear before a court martial there and they were, seemingly, murdered by state-sponsored paramilitary groups led by Cherkes Ahmet, andlieutenants Halil and Nazım, at a locality calledKaracaören [tr] shortly before arriving atDiyarbakır.[13] The murderers were tried and executed inDamascus byCemal Pasha in September 1915, and the assassinations became the subject of a 1916 investigation by theOttoman Parliament led byArtin Boshgezenian, the deputy for Aleppo. |
| Aram Kalenderian Արամ Գալէնտէրեան | Survived | Official of the Ottoman Bank[18] | Granted permission to return.[12] | |||
| Harutiun Kalfayan Յարութիւն Գալֆաեան | inÜsküdar | Died | Hunchak | Director of Arhanyan College | Çankırı | Died in 1915.[13] Not to be confused with his namesake, also a deportee but a Dashnak member, who was mayor ofBakırköy (Makriköy) quarter of Constantinople. |
| Harutiun Kalfayan Յարութիւն Գալֆաեան[n 8] | 1870 inTalas | Died in Angora[28] | Dashnak | Lawyer, mayor ofBakırköy (Makriköy) | Çankırı | Died in 1915.[13] Uncle of Nshan Kalfayan.[28] Not to be confused with his namesake, also a deportee but a Hunchak member, who was a schoolmaster. |
| Nshan Kalfayan Նշան Գալֆաեան | 16 April 1865 in Üsküdar[43] | Survived | Agronomist, lecturer in agriculture at Berberyan school[39] | Çankırı | Permitted to return to Constantinople soon after 11 May 1915.[30] Moved to Greece in 1924. Invited to Persia in 1927 to administer properties of the Shah. Was a correspondent for the Académie française.[28] | |
| Kantaren[28] Գանթարեն | Çankırı | |||||
| Rafael Karagözian Ռաֆայէլ Գարակէօզեան | Survived | Çankırı | Permitted to return to Constantinople by a telegramme fromTalat Pasha on 7 May 1915.[37] | |||
| Takvor Karagözian(?) Թագւոր Գարակէօզեան | Merchant[28] | Çankırı | ||||
| Vartan Kahanay Karagözian Վարդան Քհնյ. Գարակէօզեան | 15 July 1877 inKumkapı,Constantinople | Survived | Clergyman from Feriköy | Çankırı | Departed from Çankırı in winter after seven months and survived the next three years as refugee in Uşak together with his companions Hovhan Vartaped Garabedian, Kaspar Cheraz, Mikayel Shamtanchian. After the armistice he returned to Constantinople.[8] | |
| Aristakes Kasparian Արիստակէս Գասպարեան | 1861 inAdana | Killed | Lawyer, businessman, member ofArmenian National Assembly | Ayaş[21] | Killed in Angora.[21] | |
| Husig A. Kahanay Katchouni Յուսիկ Ա. Քհնյ. Քաջունի | 1851 inArapgir | Died | Dashnak[28] | Clergyman | Çankırı | Deported further and died from illness in a village near Meskene. He died at the same time in the same tent as Yervant Chavushyan.[18] |
| Kevork Kayekjian Գէորգ Գայըգճեան | Killed | Merchant[28] | Çankırı | Belonged to the second convoy with only one[6] or two survivors that left Çankırı on 19 August 1915, jailed in Angora 20–24 August killed en route to Yozgat.[34] Three Kayekjian brothers were deported and killed altogether near Angora.[28] | ||
| Levon Kayekjian Լեւոն Գայըգճեան | Killed | Merchant[28] | Çankırı | Belonged to the second convoy with only one[6] or two survivors that left Çankırı on 19 August 1915, jailed in Angora 20–24 August killed en route to Yozgat.[34] Three Kayekjian brothers were deported and killed altogether near Angora.[28] | ||
| Mihran Kayekjian Միհրան Գայըգճեան | Killed | Merchant[28] | Çankırı | Belonged to the second convoy with only one[6] or two survivors that left Çankırı on 19 August 1915, jailed in Angora 20–24 August killed en route to Yozgat.[34] Three Kayekjian brothers were deported and killed altogether near Angora.[28] | ||
| Arshak Kahanay Kazazian Արշակ Քհնյ. Գազազեան | Survived[18] | Clergyman | Çankırı | |||
| Piuzant Kechian Բիւզանդ Քէչեան | 1859 | Survived | Editor, owner of influential newspaperPiuzantion, historian | Çankırı | Permitted to return to Constantinople by special telegramme fromTalat Pasha on 7 May 1915.[37][38] The eight prisoners of this group were notified on Sunday, 9 May 1915, about their release[38] and left Çankırı on 11 May 1915.[30] Returned to Constantinople on 1 May 1915 [old calendar](?) and stayed in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, until the end of the war,[n 9] died in 1927[39] or 1928.[28] | |
| Vahan Kehiayan(Dökmeji Vahan) Վահան Քէհեաեան | 1874 inUrfa | Killed | Hunchak | Patriot or educator[8] and craftsman[28] | Çankırı | Killed on 26 August 1915 together with Ruben Sevak, Daniel Varoujan, Onnik Maghazajian, Artin Kocho.[28] |
| Diran Kelekian Տիրան Քէլէկեան | 1862 Kayseri | Killed | Ramgavar[18] | Writer, university professor, publisher of a popular Turkish language newspapar,Sabah,[44]freemason, author of a French-Turkish dictionary which is still a reference.[45] | Çankırı | Permitted to reside with his family anywhere outside Constantinople by special order from Talat Pasha on 8 May 1915,[46] choseSmyrna, but was taken under military escort to Çorum to appear before a court martial and killed on 20 October 1915 on the way to Sivas between Yozgat and Kayseri near the bridge Cokgöz on the Kizilirmak.[34] |
| Akrig Kerestejian Ագրիկ Քերեսթեճեան | 1855 in Kartal | Died[28] | Merchant of wood[28] (coincides with the literal meaning of his name) | |||
| Garabed Keropian Պատ. Կարապետ Քերոբեան | from Balıkesir[8] | Survived | Pastor[n 10] | Çankırı | Permitted to return to Constantinople by special telegramme fromTalat Pasha on 7 May 1915.[37] The eight prisoners of this group were notified on Sunday, 9 May 1915, about their release[38] and left Çankırı on 11 May 1915.[30] He went to America.[8] | |
| Mirza Ketenjian Միրզա Քեթենենճեան | Survived[18] | Dashnak | ||||
| Karekin Khajag born as Karekin Chakalian Գարեգին Խաժակ (Գարեգին Չագալեան) | 1867 inAlexandropol | Killed | Dashnak | Newspaper editor, teacher. | Ayaş | Removed from the Ayaş prison on 5 May and taken under military escort toDiyarbakır along with Daghavarian, Agnouni, Jangülian, Minassian and Zartarian to appear before a court martial there and they were, seemingly, murdered by state-sponsored paramilitary groups led by Cherkes Ahmet, andlieutenants Halil and Nazım, at a locality calledKaracaören [tr] shortly before arriving atDiyarbakır.[13] The murderers were tried and executed inDamascus byCemal Pasha in September 1915, and the assassinations became the subject of a 1916 investigation by theOttoman Parliament led byArtin Boshgezenian, the deputy for Aleppo. |
| A. Khazkhazian Ա. Խազխազեան | Merchant[8] | |||||
| Kherbekian Խերպէկեան | from Erzurum | Merchant[12] | Konya | Granted permission to return.[12] | ||
| Hovhannes Kilijian Յովհաննէս Գըլըճեան | Killed | Bookseller[21] | Ayaş | Killed in Angora.[21] | ||
| Sarkis Kiljian (S. Srents) Սարգիս Գըլճեան (Ս. Սրենց) | Survived | Dashnak | Teacher, writer, publicist | Çankırı | Escaped from Çankırı to Konya and became Deputy of the Armenian National Assembly in 1919.[28] | |
| Hovhannes Kımpetyan(Kmpetian) Յովհաննէս Գմբէթեան | 1894 in Sivas | Killed | Armenian poet and educator[41] | Çankırı | Killed during the deportation in Ras al-Ain.[41] | |
| Artin Kocho (Harutiun Pekmezian) Գոչօ Արթին (Յարութիւն Պէքմէզեան) | Killed | Bread seller in Ortaköy[28] | Çankırı | Killed by 12 çetes on 26 August 1915 6 hours after Çankırı near the han ofTüneh in a group of five.[28] | ||
| Kevork or Hovhannes Köleyan Գէորգ կամ Յովհաննէս Քէօլէեան | Killed | Çankırı | Killed near Angora.[18] | |||
| Nerses (Der-) Kevorkian Ներսէս (Տէր-) Գէորգեան | Merchant[28] | Çankırı | Was betrayed by a competitor.[28] | |||
| Komitas Կոմիտաս | 1869 inKütahya | Survived | Priest, composer,ethnomusicologist, founder of a number choirs[n 11] | Çankırı | Permitted to return to Constantinople by special telegramme fromTalat Pasha on 7 May 1915.[37] The eight prisoners of this group were notified on Sunday, 9 May 1915, about their release[38] and left Çankırı on 11 May 1915[30] – developed a severe form ofPosttraumatic stress disorder and spent twenty years in virtual silence in mental asylums, died 1935 in Paris.[38] | |
| Harutiun Konyalian Յարութիւն Գօնիալեան | Killed | Tailor[21] | Ayaş | Killed in Angora.[21] | ||
| Hagop Korian Յակոբ Գորեան | from Akn, in his seventies[28] | Survived | Merchant, occasionally a teacher[28] | Çankırı | Permitted to return to Constantinople soon after 11 May 1915.[30] He left Çankırı on 6 August 1915, was jailed in Angora, was displaced to Tarson, arrived in Constantinople on 22 September 1915.[28] | |
| Kosmos[28] Կոզմոս | Çankırı | |||||
| Shavarsh Krissian Շաւարշ Քրիսեան | 1886 in Constantinople | Killed | Dashnak[21] | Writer, publicist,[8] teacher,[21] editor of the first sports magazine of the Ottoman EmpireMarmnamarz[47] | Ayaş | He organized gym exercises in Ayaş. Until the deportees of Ayaş had learned about the20 Hunchakian gallows of 15 June 1915, they were not realising the severity of their situation.[42] The exercises were viewed by the Turkish guards with great suspicion.[16] Shavarsh Krissian was killed in Angora.[21] |
| M. Kundakjian Մ. Գունտագճեան | Lawyer[8] | |||||
| Levon Larents (Kirishchiyan) Լեւոն Լարենց Քիրիշճեան | 1882 in Constantinople | Killed | Hunchak | Poet, translator, professor of literature. | Ayaş | Killed during the deportation in Angora.[21][29] |
| Onnik Maghazajian Օննիկ Մաղազաճեան | 1878 in Constantinople | Killed | Chairman of Kumkapı Progressive Society | Cartographer, bookseller | Çankırı | "Permitted to reside freely in Çankırı" according to a telegramme from theMinistry of the Interior on 25 August 1915 on the subject of exiles erroneously unlisted in a former 3 August telegramme.[40] Killed in a village called Tüney in 1915, together with Ruben Sevak, Daniel Varoujan and Gülistanian[13] in a group of five.[34] |
| Asdvadzadur Manesian(Maniassian) Աստուածատուր Մանեսեան | Survived[18] | Merchant[28] | Çankırı | |||
| Bedros Manikian Պետրոս Մանիկեան | Survived[18] | Çankırı | Pharmacist[28] | |||
| Vrtanès Mardiguian Վրթանէս Մարտիկեան | Survived | Ayaş | Deported in a group of 50 persons to Angora, 5 May 1915, dispatched to Ayaş on 7 May 1915, set free in July 1915,[42] returned to Constantinople.[21] | |||
| Marzbed (Ghazar Ghazarian) Մարզպետ (Ղազար Ղազարեան) | Died | Dashnak | Teacher | Ayaş | Dispatched around 18 May 1915 to Kayseri to appear before a court martial,[42] worked under fake Turkish identity for the Germans in Intilli (Amanus railway tunnel), escaped toNusaybin where he fell from a horse and died right before the armistice.[21] | |
| A. D. Mateossian Ա. Տ. Մատթէոսեան | Lawyer, writer[8] | |||||
| Melik Melikian[28] Մելիք Մելիքեան | Killed | Çankırı | ||||
| Simon Melkonian Սիմոն Մելքոնեան | from Ortaköy[28] | Survived[28] | Architect[28] | Çankırı | Permitted to return to Constantinople soon after 11 May 1915.[30] | |
| Theodoros Menzikian Թ. Մենծիկեան | Killed | Merchant[8] | Ayaş | Killed in Angora.[21] | ||
| Sarkis Minassian born as Aram Ashot Սարգիս Մինասեան | 1873 in Çengiler,Yalova | Killed | Dashnak[21] | Chief editor ofDroshak,[21] Editor of Armenian newspaper in Boston till 1909, teacher, writer and political activist in theOttoman capital after 1909; member ofArmenian National Assembly[33] | Ayaş | Removed from the Ayaş prison on 5 May and taken under military escort toDiyarbakır along with Daghavarian, Agnouni, Jangülian, Khajag and Zartarian to appear before a court martial there and they were, seemingly, murdered by state-sponsored paramilitary groups led by Cherkes Ahmet, andlieutenants Halil and Nazım, at a locality calledKaracaören [tr] shortly before arriving atDiyarbakır.[13] The murderers were tried and executed inDamascus byCemal Pasha in September 1915, and the assassinations became the subject of a 1916 investigation by theOttoman Parliament led byArtin Boshgezenian, the deputy for Aleppo. |
| Krikor Miskjian Գրիգոր Միսքճեան | 1865 | Killed[28] | brother of Stepan Miskjian[28] | Pharmacist[28] | Çankırı | Belonged to the second convoy with only one[6] or two survivors that left Çankırı on 19 August 1915, jailed in Angora 20–24 August killed en route to Yozgat,[34] killed near Angora.[18][28] |
| Stepan Miskjian Ստեփան Միսքճեան | 1852 in Constantinople | Killed[28] | brother of Krikor Miskjian[28] | Physician[28] | Çankırı | Belonged to the second convoy with only one[6] or two survivors that left Çankırı on 19 August 1915, jailed in Angora 20–24 August killed en route to Yozgat,[34] killed near Angora.[18][28] |
| Zareh Momjian Զարեհ Մոմճեան | Killed | Translator at the Russian Consulate | Çankırı | "Pardoned on condition on not returning to Constantinople" according to a telegramme from theMinistry of the Interior on 25 August 1915 on the subject of exiles erroneously unlisted in a former 3 August telegramme.[40] Belonged to the second convoy with only two survivors that left Çankırı on 19 August 1915, jailed in Angora 20–24 August killed en route to Yozgat.[34] | ||
| Apig Mübahejian Աբիկ Միւպահեաճեան | Survived | Publicist | Konya | Granted permission to return.[12] | ||
| Avedis Nakashian Աւետիս Նագաշեան | Survived | Physician | Ayaş | Was set free 23 July 1915, sent his family to Bulgaria, served in the Ottoman army as captain in the Gülhane Hospital at the time of the Gallipoli campaign and immigrated to the US.[16] | ||
| Nakulian Նագուլեան | Survived | Doctor | Ayaş | Exiled 3 May 1915. Allowed to move free in Ayaş. Returned later to Constantinople.[13] | ||
| Hagop Nargilejian Յակոբ Նարկիլէճեան | Survived | Pharmacist in the army[28] | Çankırı | Permitted to return to Constantinople by special telegramme fromTalat Pasha on 7 May 1915.[37] The eight prisoners of this group were notified on Sunday, 9 May 1915, about their release[38] and left Çankırı on 11 May 1915.[30] | ||
| Markos Natanian Մարկոս Նաթանեան | Survived | Member ofArmenian National Assembly[33] | Çorum | Survived deportation to Çorum and later to Iskiliben, was permitted to go back.[12] | ||
| Hrant Nazarian Հրանդ Նազարեան | Çankırı | |||||
| Serovpe Noradungian Սերովբէ Նորատունկեան | Killed | Dashnak | Teacher at the Sanassarian college and member ofArmenian National Assembly[21] | Ayaş | Killed in Angora.[21] | |
| Nosrigian Նօսրիկեան | from Erzurum | Survived | Merchant | Konya | Granted permission to return.[12] | |
| Nshan Նշան | Killed | Tattooist in Kumkapı[21] | Ayaş | Killed in Angora.[21] | ||
| Nshan Odian Նշան Օտեան | Hunchak[42] | Ayaş | ||||
| Yervant Odian Երուանդ Օտեան | 1869 in Constantinople | Survived | Writer | Ayaş | Deported August 1915. Accompanied Karekin Vrtd. Khatchaturian (prelate of Konia) from Tarson to Osmanieh.[48] Islamized in 1916 under the name Aziz Nuri[12] in Hama. After failed attempts to escape from Der Zor, Odian worked in a factory for military uniforms together with Armenian deportees from Aintab. Soon afterwards he became translator to the military commander of Der Zor. Finally he was orderly to the commander Edwal of the German garrison in Der Zor and gave account of the killing of the last deportees from Constantinople in the prison of Der Zor as late as January 1918 and described that all the policemen and officials kept Armenian women.[49] | |
| Aram Onnikian Արամ Օննիկեան | Survived[18] | Merchant,[8] chemist[18] | Çankırı | Son of Krikor Onnikian | ||
| Hovhannes Onnikian Յովհաննէս Օննիկեան | Died | Merchant[8] | Çankırı | Son of Krikor Onnikian; died from illness in Hajkiri near Çankırı.[18] | ||
| Krikor Onnikian Գրիգոր Օննիկեան | 1840 | Died | Merchant[8] | Çankırı | Father of Aram, Hovhannes and Mkrtich Onnikian; died from illness in Çankırı.[18] | |
| Mkrtich Onnikian Մկրտիչ Օննիկեան | Died | Merchant[8] | Çankırı | Son of Krikor Onnikian; died in Der Zor.[18] | ||
| Panaghogh Փանաղող | Writer, publicist[8] | |||||
| Shavarsh Panossian Շաւարշ Փանոսեան | Survived | Teacher from Pera.[12] | Ayaş | Granted permission to return.[12] | ||
| Nerses Papazian(Vartabed Mashtots) Ներսէս Փափազեան | Killed | Dashnak | Editor ofAzadamard,[21] Patriot or educator[8] | Ayaş | Killed in Angora.[21] | |
| Vrtanes Papazian Վրթանէս Փափազեան | Survived | Tailor[12] | Çankırı | Wrongly deported as he bore the same name as thenovelist who escaped to Bulgaria and later to Russia.[12] Permitted to return to Constantinople soon after 11 May 1915.[30] | ||
| Ardashes Parisian Արտաշես Փարիսեան | Survived[18] | Merchant[28] | Çankırı | |||
| Parseghian Բարսեղեան | Survived | Ayaş | Granted permission to return.[12] | |||
| Armenag Parseghian Արմենակ Բարսեղեան | Survived[28] | Dashnak[28] | Teacher, studied philosophy in Berlin, lived in Pera[28] | Çankırı | Permitted to return to Constantinople soon after 11 May 1915.[30] | |
| H. Parseghian Յ. Բարսեղեան | Patriot or educator[8] | |||||
| Kegham Parseghian Գեղամ Բարսեղեան | 1883 in Constantinople | Killed | Dashnak | Writer, publicist,[8] editor, teacher[21] | Ayaş | Killed in Angora.[21] |
| Sarkis Parseghian(Shamil) Սարգիս Բարսեղեան (Շամիլ) | Killed[28] | Patriot or educator[8] | Ayaş | |||
| Garabed Pashayan Khan Կարապետ Փաշայեան Խան | 1864 in Constantinople | Killed | Dashnak | Physician, writer[8] former deputy of the Ottoman parliament, member ofArmenian National Assembly[21] | Ayaş | First tortured[50] and then killed in Angora.[21] |
| M. Piosian Մ. Փիոսեան | Patriot or educator[8] | |||||
| Smpad Piurad Der-Ghazaryants Սմբատ Բիւրատ Տէր-Ղազարեանց | 1862 inZeytun (Süleymanlı today) | Died | Novelist, public figure, member ofArmenian National Assembly[21] | Ayaş[21] | Killed in Angora.[21] | |
| G. Reisian Կ. Րէյիսեան | Merchant[8] | |||||
| Rostom (Riustem Rostomiants) Րոստոմ (Րիւսթէմ Րոստոմեանց) | Killed | Merchant[8] and public figure[21] | Ayaş | Killed in Angora.[21] | ||
| Vramshabuh Samueloff Վրամշապուհ Սամուէլօֆ | Killed | Merchant[8] Armenian from Russia, banker | Ayaş | Killed in Angora.[21] | ||
| Sarafian[28] Սարաֆեան | Çankırı | |||||
| Garabed Sarafian Կարապետ Սարաֆեան | Killed | Public official | Ayaş | Killed in Angora.[21] | ||
| Sato Սաթօ | Patriot or educator[8] | |||||
| Jacques Sayabalian (Pailag) Ժագ Սայապալեան (Փայլակ) | 1880 inKonya | Killed | Armenian National Assembly | Interpreter for the British Consul in Konya between 1901 and 1905, then vice-consul for a year and a half. After 1909, journalist in the capital. | Çankırı | Killed in Angora.[21] |
| Margos Sefer Մարկոս Սեֆեր | Survived | Lawyer[21] | Ayaş | Deported in place of Markos Natanian and returned to Constantinople.[21] | ||
| Vartkes Serengülian Վարդգէս Սէրէնկիւլեան | 1871 inErzurum | Killed | Deputy in the Ottoman parliament | Dispatched toDiyarbakır to appear before a court martial | Deported 21 May 1915[51] or 2 June 1915.[52] Same fate asKrikor Zohrab.[53] (Cherkes Ahmet and Halil were led toDamascus and executed there on orders fromCemal Pasha, in connection with the murder of the two deputies, on 30 September 1915, Nazım had died in a fight before that.) | |
| Baghdasar Sarkisian Պաղտասար Սարգիսեան | Survived | Çankırı | "Pardoned on condition on not returning to Constantinople" according to a telegramme from theMinistry of the Interior on 25 August 1915 on the subject of exiles erroneously unlisted in a former 3 August telegramme.[40] | |||
| Margos Servet Effendi (Prudian) Մարկոս Սէրվէթ | Survived | Lawyer from Kartal[12] | Ayaş | Granted permission to return.[12] | ||
| Ruben Sevak Ռուբէն Սեւակ | 1885 inSilivri | Killed | Physician, prominent poet and writer, formerly captain in theOttoman Army during theBalkan Wars | Çankırı | Deported 22 June 1915[54] but was "Permitted to reside freely in Çankırı" according to a telegramme from theMinistry of the Interior on 25 August 1915 on the subject of exiles erroneously unlisted in a former 3 August telegramme.[40] Killed in a village called Tüney in 1915, together with Gülistanyan, Daniel Varoujan and Mağazacıyan[13] in a group of five.[34] His house inElmadağı,Constantinople is now a museum.[55] | |
| Shahbaz[n 12] Շահպազ | Patriot or educator[8] | |||||
| Parsegh Shahbaz Բարսեղ Շահպազ | 1883 in Boyacıköy,Constantinople | Killed | Dashnak | Lawyer,[21] journalist, columnist | Çankırı | "Murdered on Harput-Malatya road."[13][21] On 6 July 1915, in a letter to Miss. Zaruhi Bahri and Evgine Khachigian, Parsegh Shahbaz wrote from Aintab that due to his wounded feet and stomachaches, he will rest for 6–7 days until he has to continue the 8–10 days journey toM. Aziz. But he had no idea why he was sent there.[12] According to Vahe-Haig (Վահէ-Հայկ), survivor of the massacre of Harput, Parsegh Shahbaz was jailed 8 days after the massacre in the central prison of Mezre. Parsegh Shahbaz remained without food for a week and was severely beaten and finally killed by gendarmes under the wall of 'the factory'.[12] |
| A. Shahen Ա. Շահէն | Patriot or educator[8] | |||||
| Yenovk Shahen Ենովք Շահէն | 1881 in Bardizag (near İzmit) | Killed | Actor[8] | Ayaş | Killed in Angora.[21] | |
| Sarkis Shahinian Սարգիս Շահինեան | Survived | Çankırı | "Pardoned on condition on not returning to Constantinople" according to a telegramme from theMinistry of the Interior on 25 August 1915 on the subject of exiles erroneously unlisted in a former 3 August telegramme.[40] | |||
| Harutiun Shahrigian (Adom) Յարութիւն Շահրիկեան (Ատոմ) | 1860 in Shabin-Karahisar | Killed | Dashnak | Dashnak leader, lawyer, member ofArmenian National Assembly. | Ayaş[21][28] | First tortured[50] and then killed in Angora.[21] |
| Levon Shamtanchian Լեւոն Շամտանճեան | Survived | Ayaş | Deported in lieu of Mikayel Shamtanchian, returned to Constantinople.[12][21] | |||
| Mikayel Shamtanchian Միքայէլ Շամտանճեան | 1874 | Survived | Friend ofDikran Chökürian | Newspaper editor atVostan, writer, lecturer, leader in theArmenian National Assembly | Çankırı | Departed from Çankırı in winter after seven months and survived the next three years as refugee in Uşak together with his companions Hovhan Vartaped Garabedian, Kaspar Cheraz, Vartan Kahanay Karagözian from Feriköy. After the armistice he returned to Constantinople.[8] Published his memoirs of exile after the war.[13] – d. 1926[39] |
| Levon Shashian Լեւոն Շաշեան | Killed | Merchant[8] | Killed in Der Zor.[12] | |||
| Siamanto (Adom Yerdjanian) Սիամանթօ (Ատոմ Եարճանեան) | 1878 inAkn | Killed | Dashnak[21] | Poet, writer, member ofArmenian National Assembly[21] | Killed in Angora.[21] | |
| Krikor Siurmeian Գրիգոր Սիւրմէեան | Survived | Father of Artavazd V. Siurmeian.[12] | Ayaş | Granted permission to return to Constantinople.[12] | ||
| Onnig Srabian (Onnig Jirayr) Օննիկ Սրապեան (Օննիկ Ժիրայր) | 1878 in Erzincan | Killed | Teacher | Ayaş | Killed in Angora.[21] | |
| Yeghia Sughikian Եղիա Սուղիկեան | Writer, publicist[8] | Met Yervant Odian and Aram Andonian in September 1915 while working in the mill of Aram and Ardashes Shalvarjian in Tarson (supplying daily 30,000 Ottoman soldiers with flour).[48] | ||||
| S. Svin Ս. Սուին | Patriot or educator[8] | 24 April 1915 | ||||
| Mihran Tabakian Միհրան Թապագեան | 1878 from Adapazar[28] | Killed | Dashnak[28] | Teacher and writer[28] | Çankırı | Belonged to the second convoy with only one[6] or two survivors that left Çankırı on 19 August 1915, jailed in Angora 20–24 August killed en route to Yozgat.[34] |
| Garabed Tashjian Կարապետ Թաշճեան | Killed | Ayaş | Killed in Angora.[21] | |||
| Garabed Tashjian Կարապետ Թաշճեան | Survived | Butcher[28] | Çankırı | Deported in lieu of Garabed Tashjian jailed in Ayaş, released and returned to Constantinople.[28] | ||
| Stepan Tatarian Ստեփան Թաթարեան | Survived[28] | Merchant[28] | Çankırı | Dispatched to Kayseri to appear before a court martial (where he was an eyewitness to executions[12]). Joined by a group of four from Ayaş beginning of July.[30] Survived deportation from Çankırı to Kayseri to Aleppo and returned to Constantinople after the armistice.[28] | ||
| Kevork Terjumanian Գէորգ Թէրճիմանեան | Killed | Ayaş | Merchant[8] | Killed in Angora.[21] | ||
| Ohannes Terlemezian Օհաննես Թէրլէմէզեան | from Van | Survived[28] | Money changer[28] | Çankırı | Permitted to return to Constantinople soon after 11 May 1915.[30] One of the last who was released from Çankırı. He left Çankırı on 6 August 1915, was jailed in Angora, came to Tarson, arrived in Constantinople on 22 September 1915.[28] | |
| Hagop Terzian Յակոբ Թէրզեան | 1879 in Hadjin | Killed | Hunchak | Pharmacist | Çankırı | Belonged to the second convoy with only one[6] or two survivors that left Çankırı on 19 August 1915, jailed in Angora 20–24 August killed en route to Yozgat,[34] killed near Angora.[18] |
| Haig Tiriakian Հայկ Թիրեաքեան | about 60 years old[21] | Survived | Cashier ofPhoenix[12] | Ayaş | Deported instead of his Dashnak homonym. Returned to Constantinople.[12][21] | |
| Haig Tiriakian Հայկ Թիրեաքեան (Հրաչ) | 1871 inTrabzon | Killed | Dashnak | Member ofArmenian National Assembly[21] | Çankırı[21] | After learning that another Haig Tiriakian had been detained in Ayaş he demanded his namesake's release and his own transfer from Çankırı to Ayaş. He was later killed in Angora.[21] |
| Yervant Tolayan Երուանդ Թօլայեան | 1883 | Survived | Theater director, playwright, editor of the satirical journalGavroche | Çankırı | Permitted to return to Constantinople by special telegramme fromTalat Pasha on 7 May 1915.[37][38] The eight prisoners of this group were notified on Sunday, 9 May 1915, about their release[38] and left Çankırı on 11 May 1915.[30] Yervant Tolayan died in 1937.[39] | |
| Hagop Topjian Յակոբ Թօփճեան | 1876 | Survived | Ramgavar | Editor[n 13] | Çankırı | Permitted to return to Constantinople mid-June 1915,[13] died in 1951.[39] |
| Torkom Թորգոմ | Patriot or educator[8] | |||||
| Vahram Torkomian Վահրամ Թորգոմեան | 20 April 1858[56] in Constantinople | Survived | Physician,[n 14] medical historian | Çankırı | Permitted to return to Constantinople by special telegramme fromTalat Pasha on 7 May 1915.[37] The eight prisoners of this group were notified on Sunday, 9 May 1915, about their release[38] and left Çankırı on 11 May 1915.[30] He moved to France in 1922.[39] He published a book after the war (a list of Armenian doctors) inÉvreux, France in 1922 and a study on Ethiopean Taenicide-Kosso[57] inAntwerp in 1929. He died 11 August 1942 in Paris.[58] | |
| Samvel Tumajan (Tomajanian) Սամուել Թումաճան (Թոմաճանեան) | Died[28] | Hunchak[28] | Çankırı | Permitted to return to Constantinople soon after 11 May 1915.[30]Samvel Tomajian/Թօմաճեան (!) died according to Alboyajian.[28] | ||
| Daniel Varoujan Դանիէլ Վարուժան | 1884 in Brgnik (nearSivas) | Killed | Poet | Çankırı | Killed together with Ruben Sevak by 12 çetes on 26 August 1915 six hours after Çankırı near the han ofTüneh in a group of five.[34] | |
| Aram Yerchanik Արամ Երջանիկ | 1865 | Died | Restaurant owner | Çankırı | Deported because many intellectuals regularly met at his restaurant in Bahçekapı, died in 1915.[28] | |
| D. Yerganian Տ. Երկանեան | Lawyer[8] | |||||
| Krikor Yesayan Գրիգոր Եսայեան | 1883 from Van[28] | Killed[34] | Dashnak[28] | French and Math teacher, translator ofLevon Shant's Ancient Gods into French[28] | Çankırı | Belonged to the second convoy with only one[6] or two survivors that left Çankırı on 19 August 1915, jailed in Angora 20–24 August killed en route to Yozgat.[34] |
| Yeznik Եզնիկ | Profession | Çankırı[28] | ||||
| Nerses Zakarian Ներսէս Զաքարեան | Killed | Hunchak[21] | Patriot or educator,[8] member ofArmenian National Assembly[21] | Ayaş | Killed in Angora.[21] | |
| Avedis Zarifian Աւետիս Զարիֆեան | Survived[18] | Pharmacist | Çankırı | Permitted to return to Constantinople soon after 11 May 1915.[30] | ||
| Rupen Zartarian Ռուբէն Զարդարեան | 1874 inKharpert | Killed | Writer, poet, newspaper (Azadamard) and textbook editor, considered a pioneer of Armenian rural literature. Translated Victor Hugo, Maxim Gorki, Anatole France, Oscar Wilde into Armenian.[29] | Ayaş | Removed from the Ayaş prison on 5 May and taken under military escort toDiyarbakır along with Daghavarian, Agnouni, Jangülian, Khajag and Minassian to appear before a court martial there and they were, seemingly, murdered by state-sponsored paramilitary groups led by Cherkes Ahmet, andlieutenants Halil and Nazım, at a locality calledKaracaören [tr] shortly before arriving atDiyarbakır.[13] The murderers were tried and executed inDamascus byCemal Pasha in September 1915, and the assassinations became the subject of a 1916 investigation by theOttoman Parliament led byArtin Boshgezenian, the deputy for Aleppo. | |
| Zenop[28] Զենոբ | Çankırı | |||||
| Krikor Zohrab Գրիգոր Զօհրապ | 1861 in Constantinople | Killed | Writer, jurist, deputy in the Ottoman parliament | Dispatched to Diyarbakır to appear before a court martial | Deported either 21 May 1915 or 2 June 1915.[52] Ordered to appear before a court martial inDiyarbakır, together with Vartkes Hovhannes Serengülyan, both went to Aleppo by train, escorted by one gendarme, remained in Aleppo for a few weeks, waited the results of infructuous attempts by the Ottoman governor of the city to have them sent back to Constantinople (some sources mentionCemal Pasha himself intervening for their return, butTalat Pasha insisting on them to send to the court martial), and then dispatched toUrfa and remained there for some time in the house of a Turkish deputy friend, taken under police escort and led to Diyarbakır by car -allegedly accompanied on a voluntary basis by some notableUrfa Armenians, and with many sources confirming, they were murdered by state-sponsored paramilitary groups led by Cherkes Ahmet, Halil and Nazım, at a locality calledKaraköprü orŞeytanderesi in the outskirts ofUrfa, some time between 15 July and 20 July 1915. The murderers were tried and executed inDamascus byCemal Pasha in September 1915, and the assassinations became the subject of a 1916 investigation by theOttoman Parliament led byArtin Boshgezenian, the deputy for Aleppo. | |
| Partogh Zorian(Jirayr) Բարթող Զօրեան (Ժիրայր) | 1879 in Tamzara | Killed | Dashnak | Publicist | Ayaş | Killed in Angora.[21] |
In what scholars commonly refer to as the decapitation strike on April 24, 1915...
...the decapitation of the Armenian nation with the series of mass arrests that began on 24 April...
Դրանով թուրքական կառավարությունը ձգտում էր արևմտահայությանը գլխատել, նրան զրկել ղեկավար ուժից, բողոքի հնարավորությունից:
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