Diran Kelekian, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Diran Kelekian

Armenian journalist

Date of Birth: 01-Jan-1862

Place of Birth: Kayseri, Turkey

Date of Death: 20-Oct-1915

Profession: writer, university teacher, journalist

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Diran Kelekian (Dikran Kelegian, Armenian: ????? ????????, 1862 – 1915) was an Ottoman Armenian journalist and professor at the Darülfünûn-u Sahâne (now the University of Istanbul).
He was editor of two newspapers, Cihan (since 1883) and Sabah (since 1908).
He was murdered in the Armenian Genocide. He studied in Constantinople (Istanbul) and at the French Academy of Sciences at Marseilles, then became a lecturer at Ottoman University of Istanbul.
Being the editor of Sabah, he also worked as a correspondent of Daily Mail and Presse Associe, published journalistic works in Turkish using Armenian letters, compiled a French–Turkish dictionary.
Kelekian was arrested in April 1915, deported to Çankiri and killed.