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'''Arshaguhi Teotig''' ({{lang-hy|Արշակուհի Թեոդիկ}}, 1875–1922) was an [[Armenians|Armenian]] social worker, educator, publicist, writer, and translator.<ref name="Teotig: Biography & Monument">{{cite book |last=Soulahian Kuyumjian |first=Rita |title=Teotig: Biography & Monument |year=2010 |publisher=Taderon Press ([[Gomidas Institute]])|pages=243}}</ref><ref name='Արշակուհի Թեոդիկ. «Բոլորս ալ զոհեր ենք» Translation from Armenian: Arshaguhi Teotig: "We are all Victims"'>{{cite web|title=Արշակուհի Թեոդիկ. "Բոլորս ալ զոհեր ենք" Translation from Armenian: Arshaguhi Teotig: "We are all Victims" |url=http://ankakh.com/2011/04/113518/ |archive-url=https://archive.is/20130117003550/http://ankakh.com/2011/04/113518/ |dead-url=yes |archive-date=January 17, 2013 |accessdate=14 December 2012 |language=Armenian |date=April 24, 2011 }}</ref>
'''Arshaguhi Teotig''' ({{langx|hy|Արշակուհի Թեոդիկ}}, 1875–1922) was an [[Armenians|Armenian]] social worker, educator, publicist, writer, and translator.<ref name="Teotig: Biography & Monument">{{cite book |last=Soulahian Kuyumjian |first=Rita |title=Teotig: Biography & Monument |year=2010 |publisher=Taderon Press ([[Gomidas Institute]])|pages=243}}</ref><ref name='Արշակուհի Թեոդիկ. «Բոլորս ալ զոհեր ենք» Translation from Armenian: Arshaguhi Teotig: "We are all Victims"'>{{cite web|title=Արշակուհի Թեոդիկ. "Բոլորս ալ զոհեր ենք" Translation from Armenian: Arshaguhi Teotig: "We are all Victims" |url=http://ankakh.com/2011/04/113518/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130117003550/http://ankakh.com/2011/04/113518/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 17, 2013 |accessdate=14 December 2012 |language=Armenian |date=April 24, 2011 }}</ref>


== Life ==
== Life ==
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Arshaguhi Teotig was born Arshaguhi Cezveciyan in the [[Ortaköy]] district of [[Istanbul]] in 1875.<ref name="Teotig: Biography & Monument" /><ref name='Արշակուհի Թեոդիկ. «Բոլորս ալ զոհեր ենք» Translation from Armenian: Arshaguhi Teotig: "We are all Victims"' /> She get her primary education at the Nunyan-Varduhyan College of the [[Samatya]] district in 1895.<ref name="Teotig: Biography & Monument" /> She traveled to [[England]] and studied at the Westland high school in [[Scarborough, North Yorkshire|Scarborough]].<ref name='Արշակուհի Թեոդիկ. «Բոլորս ալ զոհեր ենք» Translation from Armenian: Arshaguhi Teotig: "We are all Victims"' /> After graduating from Westland, she went to [[Paris]] to continue her studies. She contributed to G. Lusinyan's French–[[Armenian language|Armenian]] dictionary as a researcher of words and meanings.<ref name='Արշակուհի Թեոդիկ. «Բոլորս ալ զոհեր ենք» Translation from Armenian: Arshaguhi Teotig: "We are all Victims"' /> In 1898 she returned to Istanbul and continued her studies at the [[Üsküdar]] Jemaran Armenian College and Seminary. She began her career as a writer in newspapers and journals such as Hayganush Mark's ''Tsaghig'' (Flower), ''Manzume'', ''Surhantak'' (Messenger), ''Byzantium'', ''[[Jamanak]]'' (Time) newspaper.<ref name='Արշակուհի Թեոդիկ. «Բոլորս ալ զոհեր ենք» Translation from Armenian: Arshaguhi Teotig: "We are all Victims"' /> She also participated in the ''Polis Hayivare'' editorial magazine.<ref name='Արշակուհի Թեոդիկ. «Բոլորս ալ զոհեր ենք» Translation from Armenian: Arshaguhi Teotig: "We are all Victims"' />
Arshaguhi Teotig was born Arshaguhi Cezveciyan in the [[Ortaköy]] district of [[Istanbul]] in 1875.<ref name="Teotig: Biography & Monument" /><ref name='Արշակուհի Թեոդիկ. «Բոլորս ալ զոհեր ենք» Translation from Armenian: Arshaguhi Teotig: "We are all Victims"' /> Her father [[Bedros Cezveciyan]] was an owner of publishing house in Ottoman capital [[Istanbul]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Pamukciyan |first1=Kevork |title=Biyografileriyle Ermeniler |date=2003 |publisher=Aras Yayıncılık|location=Istanbul |page=147}}</ref> She get her primary education at the Nunyan-Varduhyan College of the [[Samatya]] district in 1895.<ref name="Teotig: Biography & Monument" /> She traveled to [[England]] and studied at the Westland high school in [[Scarborough, North Yorkshire|Scarborough]].<ref name='Արշակուհի Թեոդիկ. «Բոլորս ալ զոհեր ենք» Translation from Armenian: Arshaguhi Teotig: "We are all Victims"' /> After graduating from Westland, she went to [[Paris]] to continue her studies. She contributed to G. Lusinyan's French–[[Armenian language|Armenian]] dictionary as a researcher of words and meanings.<ref name='Արշակուհի Թեոդիկ. «Բոլորս ալ զոհեր ենք» Translation from Armenian: Arshaguhi Teotig: "We are all Victims"' /> In 1898 she returned to Istanbul and continued her studies at the [[Üsküdar]] Jemaran Armenian College and Seminary. She began her career as a writer in newspapers and journals such as Hayganush Mark's ''Tsaghig'' (Flower), ''Manzume'', ''Surhantak'' (Messenger), ''Byzantium'', ''[[Jamanak]]'' (Time) newspaper.<ref name='Արշակուհի Թեոդիկ. «Բոլորս ալ զոհեր ենք» Translation from Armenian: Arshaguhi Teotig: "We are all Victims"' /> She also participated in the ''Polis Hayivare'' editorial magazine.<ref name='Արշակուհի Թեոդիկ. «Բոլորս ալ զոհեր ենք» Translation from Armenian: Arshaguhi Teotig: "We are all Victims"' />


In 1902 she married renowned Armenian writer and publicist [[Teotig]]. After her husband was imprisoned and subsequently sent to [[Der Zor]], Arshaguhi Teotig became gravely ill.<ref name="Teotig: Biography & Monument" /> Arshaguhi Teotig was subsequently sent to [[Lausanne]], [[Switzerland]] where she managed to live until 1922. It has been said that her last words were "All of us are victims", referring to the [[Armenian Genocide]].<ref name='Արշակուհի Թեոդիկ. «Բոլորս ալ զոհեր ենք» Translation from Armenian: Arshaguhi Teotig: "We are all Victims"' />
In 1902 she married renowned Armenian writer and publicist [[Teotig]]. After her husband was imprisoned and subsequently sent to [[Der Zor]], Arshaguhi Teotig became gravely ill.<ref name="Teotig: Biography & Monument" /> Arshaguhi Teotig was subsequently sent to [[Lausanne]], [[Switzerland]] where she managed to live until 1922. It has been said that her last words were "All of us are victims", referring to the [[Armenian genocide]].<ref name='Արշակուհի Թեոդիկ. «Բոլորս ալ զոհեր ենք» Translation from Armenian: Arshaguhi Teotig: "We are all Victims"' />


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Arshaguhi Teotig
Արշակուհի Թեոդիկ
Born1875 (1875)
Ortakoy, Constantinople, Ottoman Turkey
Died1922 (aged 46–47)
Lausanne, Switzerland
OccupationWriter, publisher, educator, translator, social worker, and philanthropist.

Arshaguhi Teotig (Armenian: Արշակուհի Թեոդիկ, 1875–1922) was an Armenian social worker, educator, publicist, writer, and translator.[1][2]

Life

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Arshaguhi Teotig was born Arshaguhi Cezveciyan in the Ortaköy district of Istanbul in 1875.[1][2] Her father Bedros Cezveciyan was an owner of publishing house in Ottoman capital Istanbul.[3] She get her primary education at the Nunyan-Varduhyan College of the Samatya district in 1895.[1] She traveled to England and studied at the Westland high school in Scarborough.[2] After graduating from Westland, she went to Paris to continue her studies. She contributed to G. Lusinyan's French–Armenian dictionary as a researcher of words and meanings.[2] In 1898 she returned to Istanbul and continued her studies at the Üsküdar Jemaran Armenian College and Seminary. She began her career as a writer in newspapers and journals such as Hayganush Mark's Tsaghig (Flower), Manzume, Surhantak (Messenger), Byzantium, Jamanak (Time) newspaper.[2] She also participated in the Polis Hayivare editorial magazine.[2]

In 1902 she married renowned Armenian writer and publicist Teotig. After her husband was imprisoned and subsequently sent to Der Zor, Arshaguhi Teotig became gravely ill.[1] Arshaguhi Teotig was subsequently sent to Lausanne, Switzerland where she managed to live until 1922. It has been said that her last words were "All of us are victims", referring to the Armenian genocide.[2]

Work

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Arshaguhi Teotig was part of the Azkanver Hayuhyats Engerutyuni, an Armenian organization that supported the construction, maintenance, and operations of Armenian girl schools throughout the heavily Armenian populated districts of the Ottoman Empire.[4] In 1909, the organization received word about the Adana massacre and were compelled to help in any way possible. Arshaguhi went to Adana and was appalled by the scene. She then returned to Istanbul and published the paper and short book A Month in Cilicia in 1910. This was an eyewitness account of the situation in Adana. Arshaguhi Teotig also assisted her husband in his Amenuyn Daretyutsi periodical works.[5]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Soulahian Kuyumjian, Rita (2010). Teotig: Biography & Monument. Taderon Press (Gomidas Institute). p. 243.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g "Արշակուհի Թեոդիկ. "Բոլորս ալ զոհեր ենք" Translation from Armenian: Arshaguhi Teotig: "We are all Victims"" (in Armenian). April 24, 2011. Archived from the original on January 17, 2013. Retrieved 14 December 2012.
  3. ^ Pamukciyan, Kevork (2003). Biyografileriyle Ermeniler. Istanbul: Aras Yayıncılık. p. 147.
  4. ^ "Sibil Biography". An electronic library featuring a huge collection of documents on Armenian literature, history, religion and anything Armenia-related. Armenianhouse. Retrieved 8 October 2011.
  5. ^ VARTAN MATIOSSIAN. "Teotig: The First Historian of Armenian Printing". Retrieved 14 December 2012.
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