Jacques Sayabalian

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Jacques Sayabalian

Jacques Sayabalian (Paylag) ( Armenian Ժագ Սայապալեան (Փայլակ) , Turkish Jak Sayabalyan ; born June 1888 in Konya , † 1915 in Ankara ) was an Armenian journalist, translator and auxiliary consul of the English representation in Konya. He was a victim of the Armenian genocide .

Life

Jacques Sayabalian's father, Gazaros Sayabalyan, was the governor of Konya Province . In 1896 Sayabalian went to Istanbul, where he attended the Retheos Berberian School, and continued his education at the American College of Izmir for two years. Sayabalian was a member of the Armenian National Assembly in the Ottoman Empire .

From 1909 Jacques Sayabalian became a journalist in Istanbul . He ran the Şehbal magazine and wrote glosses for the Surhantag newspaper . He then wrote in the newly published Armenian newspapers, magazines and yearbooks in Istanbul. In the Masis newspaper he wrote poems under the author's name "V." During the genocide of the Armenians , Sayabalyan was arrested on “Red Sunday” , April 24, 1915, deported to Ankara and killed near Ankara. His grave is unknown.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Haigazn K. Kazarian: Opening of the Turkish Genocide of 1915-1918: Arrest and Murder of the Armenian Intellectuals . In: The Armenian Review . 24, No. 3, autumn 1971, ISSN  0004-2366 , p. 23.
  2. ↑ Mustafa ÖZCAN: VARTAN İHMALYAN. (No longer available online.) Anadolu Manset, September 19, 2012, archived from the original on December 8, 2013 ; Retrieved February 9, 2014 (Turkish). 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.mansetgazetesi.com
  3. ↑ Jak İhmalyan. Biyografi.net, accessed February 9, 2014 (Turkish).
  4. ↑ a b BASIN DA GEÇMİŞİNE SANSÜR UYGULUYOR. (No longer available online.) Haber Rüzgâri, July 24, 2010, archived from the original on October 19, 2013 ; Retrieved February 9, 2014 (Turkish). 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.haberruzgari.com
personal data
SURNAME Sayabalian, Jacques
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Paylag; Sayabalyan, Jak; Sayabalian, Jak
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Armenian writer, translator
DATE OF BIRTH June 1888
PLACE OF BIRTH Konya
DATE OF DEATH 1915
Place of death Ankara