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Armenian notables deported from the Ottoman capital in 1916

In the larger framework of the Armenian Genocide in the Ottoman Empire Armenian community leaders all over the country were arrested.

List of Armenians deported

Below is a list of Armenians deported from the Ottoman capital (İstanbul) in 1916 as made available by Armenian sources. The names are in English and Armenian.

Name	Birth	Fate	Affiliation	Profession	Date of arrest & exile	1st place of deportation	Notes on fate
Mkrtich Bishop Aghavnouni Մկրտիչ Եպսկ. Աղաւնունի	b. July 1863 in Bardizag	Survivor		Clergyman	24 October 1916	Jerusalem	XXXXXXX
Dz. Vartabed Yeznik Babayan Ծ. վարդ. Եզնիկ Պապաեան	b. 11 December 1862 in Üsküdar			Clergyman	24 October 1916	Jerusalem	XXXXXXX
Daniel Archbishop Hagopian Դանիել Արքեպսկ. Յակոբեան	b. 2 September 1865 in Kadıköy	Survivor		Clergyman	14 October 1916	Jerusalem	XXXXXXX
Teotik (Teotoros Lapçinciyan) Թէոդիկ	b.1873 in Constantinople	Survivor		Publisher	14 October 1916	Der Zor	XXXXXXX
Archbishop Zaven Der Yeghiayan Տ. Զաւէն Արքեպսկ. Տէր Եղիաեան	b. 8 September 1868 in Mosul	Survivor		Patriarch of Constantinople	14 October 1916	Bagdad	Deposed as Patriarch by decree of the Young Turkish government 28 July 1916 and deported to Bagdad over Konia, Aleppo, Der Zor 4 September 1916, 2 March 1917 (when British troups were approaching) transferred to Mosul. He was liberated by the British in November 1918. Initiated humanitarian help for Armenian refugees in Mosul and returned to Constantinople 4 March 1919 for a second term as Patriarch till 1922, fled to Bulgaria and settled in Bagdad 1924, d. 4 June 1947 in Bagdad.

Further reading

• Teotoros Lapçinciyan (Teotik) Գողգոթա հայ հոգեւորականութեան [The Golgotha of the Armenian clergy], H. Mateossian, Constantinople 1921 [gives an account of over 1.500 deported clergymen all over the Ottoman Empire with selected biographical entries and lists 100 notables of 24 April 1915 by name out of 270 in total and classifies them roughly in 9 professional groups]

• Zaven Der Yeghiayan: My Patriarchal Memoirs, Mayreni Publishing, Barrington (RI) 2002 ISBN 1-931834-05-9 [first publicatoin in the Armenian original in Cairo 1947]

See also

• Armenian-Turkish relations
• Armenian Genocide
• Armenian notables deported from the Ottoman capital in 1915

Notes

[[Category:Armenian Genocide]] [[Category:Armenia-related lists]] [[Category:Lists of people]] [[Category:Armenian Genocide victims]] [[Category:1916 in Armenia]]