Diran Kelekian


Diran Kelekian was an Ottoman Armenian journalist and professor at the Darülfünûn-u Şahâne. He was editor of two newspapers, Cihan and Sabah. He was murdered in the Armenian Genocide.
He studied in Constantinople and at the French Academy of Sciences at Marseilles, then became a lecturer at Ottoman University of Constantinople. 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 Çankırı and killed.