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RADIKAL: TALAAT PASHA GAVE ZOHRAP KISS OF DEATH
Panorama
http://www.panorama.am/en/politics/2011/08/10/grigor-zohrap/
Aug 20 2011
Armenia
Columnist of the Radikal Turkish daily, Oral Calislar wrote about
prominent Armenian writer Grigor Zohrap and his tragic death in his
article titled "Talaat Pasha's Kiss of Death."
Zohrap was a Member of the Ottoman Parliament, an outstanding
personality, a skilled writer and a talented lawyer, the columnist
writes quoting Zohrap as saying: "I am a socialist, a believer
socialist. A socialist is neither a partisan nor a terrorist..."
Further Calislar tells about how Armenian intellectuals were arrested
and killed after being exiled at night on April 24, 1915 in Istanbul.
He writes about how Zohrap appealed to many of top officials asking
for release of his innocent compatriots. Zohrap was close with many
of these officials, including Interior Minister Talaat Pasha, Chairman
of the Parliament Said Halim Pasha, but all his efforts proved vain.
In his article, Oral Calislar gives quotations from Nesim Ovadya
İzrail's book titled "1915. A Death Trip. Grigor Zohrap." The book
described the night when Zohrap was arrested: "The night of June 2,
1915. Zohrap was sitting in the club Cercle d'Orient with Talaat
Pasha and Halil Bey. It was already midnight when Zohrap rose to his
feet to leave the club. Talaat Pasha also got up, came up to him and
kissed him on the cheek..."
Referring to this passage, the author says it proved to be a kiss of
death, with Talaat Pasha having signed an arrest warrant for Grigor
Zohrap and another Armenian MP Vardges Sarengyulian two days before
that night. On that night, Zohrap was arrested in his home and together
with Sarengyulian was forced to leave never to return again.
The columnist refers to this book and tells how Zohrap was tortured
and killed brutally. His watch and ring were seized and sold in Urfa
market. The doctor of Urfa municipality made a report claiming that
allegedly Zohrap had died of heart failure.
The author condemns these horrible crimes and stresses that there
are 22 volumes of Zohrap's works published and translated into 26
languages while there is insufficient awareness of Zohrap in Turkey.
"This 520-page valuable study is very important for us to confront
the bitterness of our own history," the columnist concluded.
From: A. Papazian
Panorama
http://www.panorama.am/en/politics/2011/08/10/grigor-zohrap/
Aug 20 2011
Armenia
Columnist of the Radikal Turkish daily, Oral Calislar wrote about
prominent Armenian writer Grigor Zohrap and his tragic death in his
article titled "Talaat Pasha's Kiss of Death."
Zohrap was a Member of the Ottoman Parliament, an outstanding
personality, a skilled writer and a talented lawyer, the columnist
writes quoting Zohrap as saying: "I am a socialist, a believer
socialist. A socialist is neither a partisan nor a terrorist..."
Further Calislar tells about how Armenian intellectuals were arrested
and killed after being exiled at night on April 24, 1915 in Istanbul.
He writes about how Zohrap appealed to many of top officials asking
for release of his innocent compatriots. Zohrap was close with many
of these officials, including Interior Minister Talaat Pasha, Chairman
of the Parliament Said Halim Pasha, but all his efforts proved vain.
In his article, Oral Calislar gives quotations from Nesim Ovadya
İzrail's book titled "1915. A Death Trip. Grigor Zohrap." The book
described the night when Zohrap was arrested: "The night of June 2,
1915. Zohrap was sitting in the club Cercle d'Orient with Talaat
Pasha and Halil Bey. It was already midnight when Zohrap rose to his
feet to leave the club. Talaat Pasha also got up, came up to him and
kissed him on the cheek..."
Referring to this passage, the author says it proved to be a kiss of
death, with Talaat Pasha having signed an arrest warrant for Grigor
Zohrap and another Armenian MP Vardges Sarengyulian two days before
that night. On that night, Zohrap was arrested in his home and together
with Sarengyulian was forced to leave never to return again.
The columnist refers to this book and tells how Zohrap was tortured
and killed brutally. His watch and ring were seized and sold in Urfa
market. The doctor of Urfa municipality made a report claiming that
allegedly Zohrap had died of heart failure.
The author condemns these horrible crimes and stresses that there
are 22 volumes of Zohrap's works published and translated into 26
languages while there is insufficient awareness of Zohrap in Turkey.
"This 520-page valuable study is very important for us to confront
the bitterness of our own history," the columnist concluded.
From: A. Papazian