Eruchan
Eruchan or Yeroukhan ( Armenian Երուխան , Turkish Yeruhan ; * 1870 in Istanbul ; † 1915 at Harput ) was the pseudonym Jerwant Srmakeschchanlians (Երուանդ Սրմաքէշխանլեան). He was a late 19th and 20th century Armenian writer and journalist, and one of the most prominent victims of the Ottoman genocide against the Armenians .
life and death
Jerwant, who came from a poor family, attended the Getronagan grammar school and learned French fluently during his student days . a. recognized by Krikor Zohrab . During the massacre of the Armenians in 1896, he fled the country and settled in the Bulgarian port city of Varna , where he worked as a teacher. In 1904 he moved to Egypt and wrote for newspapers. In 1905 he married one of his former students.
After the Young Turkish Revolution in 1908, he returned to Istanbul . Five years later he moved to Harput to work as a school principal. At the beginning of the genocide on “Red Sunday” , April 24, 1915, he was arrested, tortured and killed together with a priest. His wife and two children were killed on the death march to Deir ez-Zor .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Professor Fatma Muge Göçek's word during the 24 April 1915 commemoration. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on May 6, 2012 ; accessed on January 29, 2014 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ A b Agop Jack Hacikyan, Gabriel Basmajian, Edward S. Franchuk, Nourhan Ouzounian (eds.): The Heritage of Armenian Literature: From the eighteenth century to modern times . S. 658-663 ( online [accessed January 29, 2014]).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Eruchan |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Smarkeschchanlian, Jerwant |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Armenian writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1870 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Istanbul , Ottoman Empire |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1915 |
| Place of death | Harput , Vilâyet Mamuretül-Aziz |