Diran Kelekian

This article is about the journalist and linguist. For the art collector, see Dikran Kelekian.
Diran Kelekian
Տիրան Քէլէկեան
Born 1862
Kayseri, Ottoman Turkey
Died 1915 (aged = 53)
Çankırı, Ottoman Turkey
Occupation Journalist, editor, writer, and professor.

Diran Kelekian (Dikran Kelegian, Armenian: Տիրան Քէլէկեան, 1862, Kayseri - 1915, Çankırı) was an Ottoman Armenian journalist, writer and professor of Ottoman University (Istanbul), 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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