Zeytuntsi Aram Bey Tcholaqian

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 against the turks before their spread into the diaspora of Aleppo, Syria and elsewhere…

Vahé Achikian – Zeytun Collection

 

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