Levon Panos Dabağyan Explained

Birth Date:11 November 1933
Birth Place:Aksaray, Istanbul, Turkey
Death Place:Istanbul, Turkey
Parents:
  • Krikor Karaciyan
  • Siranuş Dabağyan

Levon Panos Dabağyan (Armenian: Լեւոն Փանոս Տապաղեան; 11 November 1933 – 7 May 2017) was a Turkish writer and researcher of Armenian descent.

A member of Turkish Historical Society, he claimed that there was no genocide of Armenians.[1]

He was the candidate in Istanbul for the far-right Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) in the 1969 Turkish parliamentary elections.[2]

Life

Levon Panos Dabagyan was born in Aksaray, Istanbul on 11 November 1933, to an Armenian family, the child of Kirkor Karaciyan and Siranuş Dabagyan. His father's side is based on the Karaciyans who immigrated from Van to Kastamonu and from there to Istanbul, and his mother's side is the Dabagyans who immigrated from Erzurum-Van region to Istanbul. The Dabagian family belongs to the Armenian Apostolic Church.[3]

He married his wife Eliz in 1959 and they had a daughter named Alis in 1960.[4]

He served as an administrator in the MHP for a while and became a candidate from Istanbul in 1969. He says that he had an influence on the MHP's choice of three crescent figures as an emblem.

He died on 7 May 2017 in Istanbul.[5]

Works

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Levon Panos Dabagian: "Turkish history has never had genocide against Armenians". History News Network. 15 November 2006. 1 April 2010.
  2. Web site: Milliyetçi Hareket Partisi. 26 February 2013. Nationalist Movement Party. tr. 9 May 2017.
  3. Book: Dabaǧyan, Levon Panos . Zaman tünelinde tüm yönleriyle sinema dünyası . 2004 . IQ Kültür Sanat . 975-255-002-9 . Istanbul . 60423251.
  4. Web site: Archive . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20150131032946/http://www.yenisafak.com.tr/pazar/levon-panos-mhpnin-uc-hilali-benim-fikrim-484229 . 31 January 2015 . Yeni Şafak. 10 February 2013.
  5. News: Üç hilalin fikir babası Levon Panos Dabağyan hayatını kaybetti. 8 May 2017. Hürriyet. 9 May 2017. tr.