Gegham Ter-Karapetian Explained

Native Name:Gegham Ter-Karapetian
Other Names:Msho Gegham
Birth Date:1865
Birth Place:village of Kheybian, Bitlis Vilayet, Ottoman Empire
Death Date:November 28,
Death Place:Constantinople
Occupation:writer and politician

Gegham Ter-Karapetian (Armenian: Գեղամ Տեր-Կարապետեան) (1865-1918), better known by his pen name Msho Gegham (Մշոյ Գեղամ), was a writer and politician in the Ottoman Empire. He was ethnically Armenian.

Biography

Ter-Karapetian was born in 1865 in the village of Kheybian in Bitlis Vilayet, Ottoman Empire.[1]

He was a major writer of Western Armenian provincial literature.[2] [3] He was also a respected journalist and statesman.[4]

Ter-Karapetian served as a deputy in the Ottoman Chamber of Deputies from the Armenian Revolutionary Federation.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Remember (list of Armenian Genocide victims). Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute. 28 March 2013.
  2. Book: J. Hacikyan, Agop J. Hacikyan. The Heritage of Armenian Literature From The Eighteenth Century To Modern Times.. 2005. Wayne State Univ Pr. Detroit. 9780814332214. 13 December 2012. 565.
  3. Book: Kaligian, Dikran Mesrob. Armenian organization and ideology under Ottoman rule, 1908-1914. 2011. Transaction Publishers. New Brunswick, N.J.. 9781412842457. Rev..
  4. Book: Mouradian, George . 1995 . Bookshelf Publishers . Southgate, Mich. . 9780963450920 . Armenian infotext . 1st . 11 September 2013.