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  • Vahé Achikian

    The carpenters are members of the Tcholaqian family of Yuqari Mahalle ( Verin Tagh) of Zeytoun. The one in the middle is the elder brother of Aram Bey Tcholaqian, the hero Mesrop Agha Tcholaqian of the 1895 Grand Uprising of Zeytun who also participated in the March-April 1915 resistance battle of Sourp Astvadzadzin Monastery in…

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  • Vahé Achikian

    Aram Bey Tcholaqian was one of the last hero freedom fighters of Zeytun, who was the younger brother of Mesrop Agha Tcholaqian, and together with his brother Aram Bey had participated in the 1915 March – June Zeytun resistance against the Ottoman Turkish aggression and arrests in Zeytun on the prelude to the 1915 Genocide.…

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  • Tcholaqian family – Zeytun 1913

    Tcholaqian family – Zeytun 1913. Photo of Tcholaqian gunworks atelier in Orta Mahallesi (Surenian Quarter) of Zeytun circa 1913. L to R : Vartevar Hodja Tcholaqian, Calouste Tcholaqian and Artin Tcholaqian. Vahé Achikian – Zeytun Collection  

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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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  • 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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