Diran Kelekian

This article is about the journalist and linguist. For the art collector, see Dikran Kelekian.
Diran Kelekian
Տիրան Քէլէկեան
Born 1862 (1862)
Kayseri, Ottoman Turkey
Died 1915 (1916) (aged 53)
Çankırı, Ottoman Turkey
Occupation Journalist, editor, writer, and professor

Diran Kelekian (Dikran Kelegian, Armenian: Տիրան Քէլէկեան, 1862, Kayseri 1915, Çankırı) was an Ottoman Armenian journalist and professor of Ottoman University (Istanbul). He was editor of two newspapers, Cihan (since 1883) and Sabah (since 1908). He died a victim of the Armenian Genocide.

He studied at Constantinople and Marseille (French Academy of Sciences), 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, deportated to Çankırı and killed.

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