Diran Kelekian
Diran Kelekian (Dikran Kelegian, Armenian: Տիրան Քէլէկեան, 1862 – 1915) was an Ottoman Armenian journalist and professor at the Darülfünûn-u Şahâne (now the University of Istanbul). He was editor of two newspapers, Cihan (since 1883) and Sabah (since 1908). He was murdered in the Armenian Genocide.
Diran Kelekian Տիրան Քէլէկեան | |
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| Born | 1862 Kayseri, Ottoman Empire |
| Died | 1915 (aged 52–53) Çankırı, Ottoman Empire |
| Occupation | Journalist, editor, writer, and professor |
He studied in Constantinople (Istanbul) and at the French Academy of Sciences at Marseilles, then became a lecturer at Ottoman University of Constantinople. 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 in April 1915, deported to Çankırı and killed.
References
- Chrisopher J. Walker, Armenia: The Survival of a Nation, revised second edition, 1990; page 427.
- Friedrich Schrader, "Politisches Leben in der Türkei", Die Neue Zeit 1919 (37.2): 463.
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