Sarkis Minassian [SEP] cause of death
Sarkis Minassian
Sarkis Minassian (1873 – 1915), also known as "Aram Ashod", was an Armenian journalist, writer, political activist, and educator. He became the chief editor of the newspaper "Hairenik" in Watertown, Massachusetts. After returning to the Ottoman Empire in 1909, Minassian continued writing in various journals in the city. In 1915, Sarkis Minassian was killed during the Armenian Genocide.
Life.
Sarkis Minassian was born in 1873 in the village of Çengiler, near Yalova in northwestern Anatolia
Genocide — A group of 20 activists with the Social Democrat Hunchakian Party were hanged in the Sultan Beyazıt Square of Constantinople, becoming known as The 20 Hunchakian gallows. Among those executed were Armenian leaders Paramaz, Aram Achekbashian, and Kegham Vanigian. Other Armenian leaders who were executed that same day while en route to Severek, Turkey included Harutiun Jangülian, Rupen Zartarian, Sarkis Minassian, Khachatur Malumian, and Nazaret Daghavarian.
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