Diran Kelekian

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Diran Kelekian (Dikran Kelegian, Armenian: Տիրան Քէլէկեան, 1862, Kayseri - 1915, Çankırı) was an Ottoman Armenian journalist, writer and professor of Ottoman University (Istambul), editor of "Cihan" (since 1883) and "Sabah" (since 1908) newspapers. Armenian Genocide victim.

He studied at Constantinople and Marseille (French Academy of Sciences), then become a lecturer at Ottoman University of Istanbul. Being the editor of "Sabah", he also worked as a correspondent of "Daily Mail" and "Presse Associe", published journalistic works in Turkish using Armenian letters, compiled a French–Turkish dictionary. Kelekian was arrested, deportated to Çankırı and killed.

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• Armenian notables deported from the Ottoman capital in 1915

[edit] References

• “ARMENIA: The Survival of a Nation”, revised second edition, 1990 Christopher J. Walker, Page 427
• Friedrich Schrader, Politisches Leben in der Türkei: Die Neue Zeit, 1919, Jahrgang 37, Band 2, pp. 463.