Vartkes Serengulian | |
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| Born | 1871 Erzurum, Ottoman Empire |
| Died | 1915 (aged 43–44) Urfa |
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Vartkes Serengülian ( Armenian: Վարդգէս Սէրէնկիւլեան; also known as Hovhannes Armenian: Յովհաննէս or Gisak; 1871, in Erzurum – 1915, in Urfa), was an Ottoman Armenian political and social activist, and a member of Ottoman Parliament.
Biography
He studied in the Ardzinian and Sanasarian colleges of Karin ( Erzurum). In late 1880s he organized demonstrations in Karin and was arrested. After he was released in 1892 he worked in Constantinople, then in Bulgaria and the Russian Empire as a revolutionary activist. In Van, Serengyulian supported the ideas of Hrayr Dzhoghk, and cooperated with the Armenakan Party. He was arrested in Van and in 1901 was sentenced to a 101-year prison sentence. The Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF) reportedly attempted to organize a prison break for him in the beginning of 1908. [1] In the same year, after the Young Turk Revolution he was released from prison [2] and elected as a member of the Ottoman parliament representing the ARF. [3] As an MP he advocated the creation of trade unions within the Ottoman Empire and, [4] spoke out against the atrocities perpetrated against the Armenian population in Adana. [5] He had also several disputes with an other deputy known for his feeling hostile to the Armenians, Aziz Feyzi Pirinççizade. [6] On the 2 June 1915 he was arrested together with the other Armenian deputy in Constantiople, Krikor Zohrab. [7] They were deported to Urfa, where they were killed by Cherkes Ahmet. [8]
References
- ^ Kevorkian, Raymond (2011-03-30). The Armenian Genocide: A Complete History. I.B.Tauris. p. 29. ISBN 978-0-85773-020-6.
- ^ Kevorkian, Raymond (2011), p.59
- ^ Kevorkian, Raymond (2011), p.63
- ^ Kevorkian, Raymond (2011), p.109
- ^ Kevorkian, Raymond (2011) p.111
- ^ Üngör, Uğur Ümit; Polatel, Mehmet (2011-08-11). Confiscation and Destruction: The Young Turk Seizure of Armenian Property. A&C Black. p. 138. ISBN 978-1-4411-3578-0.
- ^ Kevorkian, Raymond (2019). Kieser, Hans-Lukas Dieser; Anderson, Margaret Lavinia; Bayraktar, Seyhan; Schmutz, Thomas (eds.). The End of the Ottomans: The Genocide of 1915 and the Politics of Turkish Nationalism. Bloomsbury Academic. pp. 190–191. ISBN 978-1-78831-241-7.
- ^ Kevorkian, Raymond (2011), p.533–534