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Aram Achekbashian

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Aram Achekbashian

Aram Achekbashian (Armenian: Արամ Աչըքպաշյան, 1867 in Arapgir – 1915 in Constantinople) was an Armenian politician who became a member of Social-Democrat Hunchakian Party Central Committee in 1903.

Biography

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In 1886, Achekbashian entered the Faculty of Law at Constantinople University. In 1889, Hambartsum Boyajian introduced him to the Hunchakian committee members. He became one of the organizers of Kum Kapu Affray.[1] Beginning in 1894, Achekbashian was one of the organizers of Minor Armenia fedayi movement. He rejected the idea running for a seat in the Ottoman Parliament. In 1915, he was hanged by the Ottoman government along with 19 colleagues.

Bibliography

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  • Martyrs on Bloody Path, by Dr Yeghia Jerejian, Beirut, 1989, p. 37-39
  • The Armenian Question, encyclopedia, Ed. by acad. K. Khudaverdyan, Yerevan, 1996

References

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  1. ^ "Aram Achekbashian" (PDF). Retrieved 2 March 2014.