Diran Kelekian
This article is about the journalist and linguist. For the art collector, see Dikran Kelekian.
| Diran Kelekian Տիրան Քէլէկեան | |
|---|---|
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| 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 and professor of Ottoman University (Istanbul). He was editor of two newspapers, Cihan (since 1883) and Sabah (since 1908). He died a victim of the Armenian Genocide.
He studied at Constantinople and Marseille (French Academy of Sciences), then became 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.
See also
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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