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Zeytun 1914: Qarghalar quarter, Surenian fortress
Zeytun 1914: Qarghalar quarter, Surenian fortress. A photo of Zeytun from 1914, featuring the Qarghalar Mahallé and the Surenian fortress-mansion and the Shughur (Kanli) bridge to the left. Vahé Achikian – Zeytun Collection
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Zeytoun spring 1912, Yaqoubian Ishkhanyats clan members
The Yaqoubian clan were the ishkhans of the Qarghalar quarter of Zeytoun from 1799 till 1895; extended family members appearing in this photo are: Top row L to R: Hovhannés Yaqoubian, Tauros Yaqoubian; Middle L to R: Lévon Ishkhan Yaqoubian, Sérovpé Ishkhan Yaqoubian Bottom L to R: Artine Agha Yaqoubian, Khatchér Agha Yaqoubian, Nichan Yaqoubian…
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Tervanda Arapkhanian – Zeytun 1903
Zeytun village photo of Tervanda Arapkhanian in 1903. Photo taken by British General Mark Sykes in his expeditionary book on the 12 Ottoman provinces of Asia Minor, Dar-ul-Islam. Vahé Achikian – Zeytoun Collection
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Evereg-Fenese LA board members – 1950s
Evereg-Fenese LA board members – 1950s. My dad (top-left) Sinanian. Does anybody recognize anyone else in the photo? If you would like to know more I can tell you who most of them are. The Evereg Fenese Farmers Union was originally founded in 1861 in Constantinople by Garabed Panossian and Kevork Kelejian. Its goal was…
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Zeytun Armenian fighters – december 1918
Zeytun Armenian fighters – december 1918. This Dec 1918 photo is of the Zeytoun Armenian freedom-fighter squad – Amanos Zeytounlu Echqiya – commonly known as “Amanosi Herosaqakhoump” or in Turkish “Amanos Ermeni Echqiya Tchetesi” that was led by Aram Bey Tcholaqian – seated, left of the child in middle of the photograph. Next to Aram…
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Surp Asdvadzadzin Vank – Zeytun 1913
Surp Asdvadzadzin Vank – Zeytun 1913. This is a rare photo of an Easter gathering of Armenians at Surp Asdvadzadzin Vank [Turkish: Ermeni Gregoryen Surp Astvatsatsin Tekke Manastiri] in the Tekke heights next to Zeytun from c. 1913. In the middle is the gray-bearded Archimandrite of Zeytun, Der Garabet Kecheyan. Vahé Achikian – Zeytun Collection
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Zeytuntsi Aram Bey Tcholaqian
Zeytuntsi Aram Bey Tcholaqian (1891- 12 July 1921), one of the last hero freedom fighters of Zeytun. Thanks to Aram Bey Tcholaqian’s heroic leadership, about 180 Zeytun Armenians survived that horrendous annihilation campaign by the Turkish Kemalist forces who took over Zeytun on June 25, 1921. This was the Zeytun Armenian’s last stand of resistance…
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Akhtamar Surp Khatch Vank petroglyph – 1884
Akhtamar Surp Khatch Vank petroglyph – 1884. Van, Akhtamar island’s Surp Khatch Monastery’s church interior relic. It commemorates the dedication of Veharan and Armenian school construction on Monastery premises. In the name of Armenian Catholicos Der Khatchadour Rechdouni on June 1, 1884 during the reign of Ottoman Turk sultan Abdul Hamid II. Vahé Achikian –…
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Eghisabet Sultanian with her friend Anazon Yaqubian in Zeytun – 1895-1896
Eghisabet Sultanian with her friend Anazon Yaqubian in Zeytun 1895-1896. They are holding Martini rifles. The photo was taken by a Western missionary during the Grand Uprising (Second Zeytun Resistance) from winter 1895-1896. The Armenians from Zeytun, fearing the prospect of massacre, took up arms to defend themselves from Ottoman troops. Eghisabet Sultanian is the…
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Alfred Ballian in Banja Luka
Alfred Ballian in Banja Luka (Bosnia) in the 1900s. Dalibor Ballian Private Coll.