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Vartkes Serengülian

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Vartkes Serengulian
Born1871 (1871)
Erzurum, Ottoman Empire
Died1915 (1916) (aged 44)
Urfa
OccupationPolitical Activist and Politician.

Vartkes Serengülian (Template:Lang-hy; also known as Hovhannes Template:Lang-hy or Gisak) (1871, Erzurum – 1915, Urfa), was an Armenian political and social activist, member of Ottoman Parliament.

Biography

He studied in the Ardzinian and Sanasarian colleges of Karin (Erzurum). In late-1880's he organized demonstrations in Karin and was arrested. After he was released in 1892 he worked in Constantinople, then in Bulgaria and Russian Empire as a revolutionary activist. In Van Serengyulian supported the ideas of Hrayr Dzhoghk, cooperated with the Armenakan Party. He was arrested in Van and in 1901 was sentenced to a 101-year prison. In 1908 after the Young Turk revolution he was released from prison and elected as a member of Ottoman parliament. In 1915 he was arrested and deported to Urfa, where he was tortured and killed.[1][2][3]

References

  1. ^ "Серенкюлян Вардгес - Геноцид армян". Retrieved 12 August 2015.
  2. ^ worldradio.ch/wrs/news/rundown/news-at-a-glance-2.shtml?11496
  3. ^ "Armenian Question", encyclopedia, ed. by acad. K. Khudaverdyan, Yerevan, 1996, p. 414