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  • Ara Kiledjian

    Any more info on Arshag Kiledjian? We are Kiledjian’s and my grandfather (Minas) was born in Ourfa. My great grandfather and great grandmother were from Ourfa as well (Stepanos “Panos” & Vartuhi Kiledjian”.

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  • Eleni Symeonides

    My Grandfather name was Hovanes Azarian from Severag he was Antranik pasha harourabet

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  • Lena Kiledjian

    hello, my grand grandfather’s name is Arshag Kilejian, i am from Urfa but dont have my big families history. Can someone who posted this photo give me some infos if he has. Thank you

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  • Arivian / Arevian

    I have got a document from my grandfather, where the name of Hatoum Ktendjian appears, showing she was born in Ourfa. The civil attestation is showing that she is my grand-grand mother, because she married the father of my grand father AREVIAN Ohannes. Their son was named ARIVIAN Agop, born december 15th 1907. G. Ketenjian…

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  • Levon Parian

    The book, Crows of the Desert has been made into a feature length documentary film and has been nominated by the ARPA International Film Festival as Best Documentary Film for the 2016 season. Directed by Emmy Award winning filmmaker Marta Houske, the film will have its world premier on Saturday, November 5th. Based on the…

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  • CSW

    She was also a fedayee, who was shot and jailed by the Turks, and later escaped. She emigrated to Whitinsville, Massachusetts and married someone by the name of Ampagoomian.

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  • Petros Konturajian

    Petros Konturajian (1905, Ourfa – 1956, Erevan) was a painter. HSH.

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  • Levon Yotnakhparian with Armenian orphans

    Levon Yotnakhparian was in the Ottoman cavalry and escaped into the Syrian desert only to come back and look for orphans and survivors to collect and bring to safety. Levon Yotnakhparian was from Ourfa and is a second cousin of Mgerditch Yotnakhparian (Yotneghperian). Levon Parian Private Coll.

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  • Crows of the desert

    Crows of the desert is a book in Memory of Levon Yotnakhparian written by his grandson Levon Parian. Levon Yotnakhparian was in the Ottoman cavalry and escaped into the Syrian desert only to come back and look for orphans and survivors to collect and bring to safety.  

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  • Yeghisapet Yotneghperian – Ourfa

    Yeghisapet Yotneghperian was a native of Ourfa. Armenian Diaspora Memory and Innovation collection.

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