Bedros Kapamajian

Bedros Kapamajian (Armenian: Պետրոս Քափամաճեան) (1840 - Van 1912), was an Armenian citizen of the Ottoman Empire, a textile trader, and mayor of the town of Van.[1]

During the Second Constitutional Era of the Ottoman Empire, Kapamajian was appointed the mayor of Van on February 2, 1908.[2] The Armenian Revolutionary Federation accused Kapamajian of being a puppet of the Ottoman Government.[3] According to Turkish sources, he was allegedly assassinated by Aram Manukian and his ARF fellows in 1912.[4] Historian Hasan Oktay states that they were arrested "as encouragers for the murder."[5] He

References

  1. ↑ By Y. G. Çarkçıyan, (1953), "Armenians working for the Ottoman Empire between 1453-1953 (tr:Türk devleti hizmetinde Ermeniler, 1453-1953) 302 pages.
  2. ↑ BOA İrade Taltifat, 1325. Za/111.
  3. ↑ By Altan Deliorman, "Türklere Karsi Ermeni Komitecileri" Published 1973 Boğaziçi Basım ve Yayınevi 335 pages
  4. ↑ Hüseyin Çelik, ‘The 1915 Armenian Revolt in Van: Eyewitness Testimony’, in The Armenians in the Late Ottoman Period, pp. 91-92.
  5. ↑ Oktay, Hasan. "On the assassination of Van Mayor Kapamacıyan Efendi by the Tashnak Committee". Republic of Turkey Ministry of Culture and Tourism. Retrieved 15 October 2013.