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'''Harutiun DjangulianJangülian''' ({{lang-hy|Յարութիւն Ճանկիւլեան}}; 1855 -– 15 June 1915) was a historian,an [[Armenians|Armenian]] [[historian]], [[Activism|political activist]], and a member of the [[Armenian National Assembly]]. He was especially known for his involvement in the [[Kum Kapu demonstration]]. He spent six years in prisonimprisoned in exile. AfterHe hisreturned release,to heConstantinople and continued his political activity andafter returnedhis to Constantinoplerelease. DuringJangülian thewas [[Armenian Genocide]],arrested on 24 April 1915, Djangulianat wasthe arrestedbeginning of the [[Armenian genocide]], deported, and ultimately murderedexecuted.

Harutiun DjangulianJangülian was born to an Armenian family in 1855 in [[Van, (Turkey)|Van]], within the [[Ottoman Empire]] in 1855.<ref name=teotik>{{cite book |last=Lapçinciyan |first=Teotoros |title=Houshartsun nahadoug medavoraganouti |year=1919 |page=33|url=httphttps://books.google.com/books?id=rf90HAAACAAJ |authorlinkauthor-link=Teotig|language=Armenian}}</ref><ref name=kevorkian>{{cite book|last=Kévorkian|first=Raymond H.|title=The Armenian genocide: a complete history|date=2010|publisher=I. B. Tauris|location=London|isbn=1848855613978-1848855618|url=httphttps://books.google.com/books?id=JY4RifQksFMC|edition=Reprinted.}}</ref> DuringAt thatthe time, Van was considered one of the centers forof the [[Armenian Revolutionary Movement]].<ref name=nalbandian>{{cite book|last=Nalbandian|first=Louise|title=The Armenian revolutionary movement; the development of Armenian political parties through the nineteenth century.|date=1963|publisher=University of California Press|location=Berkeley|isbn=0520009142|url=httphttps://booksarchive.google.comorg/details/books?id=_dIsS3aidr0Cbub_gb__dIsS3aidr0C|edition=3. pr}}</ref> While in Van, heHe joined the [[Social Democrat Hunchakian Party]] andwhile in 1884,Van Djangulianand moved to [[Constantinople]] in 1884.<ref name=teotik /> InThere Constantinople,Jangülian Djangulian meets amet leading political activist [[Hampartsoum Boyadjian]] of the Hnchak party.<ref name=haigazian>{{cite web|last=Djeredjian|first=Yeghig|title=Three Unpublished Letters Pertaining To The Escape Of Murad From Exile|url=http://www.haigazian.edu.lb/Publications/Documents/HARVol33fullcontent/297-308.pdf|publisher=[[Haigazian University]]|page=307|language=Armenian|access-date=2014-05-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131202233822/http://www.haigazian.edu.lb/Publications/Documents/HARVol33fullcontent/297-308.pdf|archive-date=2013-12-02|url-status=dead}}</ref> The two eventually became the chief organizers of the KumkapiKum DemonstrationKapu demonstration.<ref name=haigazian />

===KumkapiKum Kapu demonstration===

Towards the close of the nineteenth century, Armenian revolutionary societies began to agitate for reform and renewed European attention to the [[Armenian Question]]. The Hnchak party in particular utilized the tactic ofused [[mass demonstration]] to hasten the processtactics.<ref>{{cite Theyweb|last=Nalbandian|first=Louis|title=The hadHunchakian beenRevolutionary suspectedParty to1887–1896|url=http://www.hunchak.org.au/aboutus/historical_nalbandian.html|publisher=Social beDemocrat behindHunchakian theParty earlierOfficial protestHome in [[Erzerum]] in June 1890 that resulted in massacre.Page}}</ref>

FromOnce Akkafree, DjangulianJangülian went to [[Cyprus]] where he actively pursuedtried to reuniteunify the Social Democrat Hunchakian Party, thatwhich had beenbecome divided over various political disagreements.<ref name=question>{{cite journal|last=Khudaverdian|first=Constantine|title=Harutyun Jangulyan|journal=Հայկական Հարց Հանրագիտարան (Armenian Question Encyclopedia)|date=1996|page=292|url=http://hy.wikisource.org/wiki/%D4%B7%D5%BB:%D5%80%D5%A1%D5%B5%D5%AF%D5%A1%D5%AF%D5%A1%D5%B6_%D5%80%D5%A1%D6%80%D6%81_%D5%80%D5%A1%D5%B6%D6%80%D5%A1%D5%A3%D5%AB%D5%BF%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%A1%D5%B6_%28Armenian_Question_Encyclopedia%29.djvu/292|language=Armenian}}</ref>

FromJangülian Cyprus, Djangulianthen moved to [[Cairo]] where heand became an editor of the local Armenian newspaper ''Timagavor'' Armenian newspaper.<ref name=question /> AfterHe remaining in Cairo, helater moved to Europe, where he actively sought to unitedunite various Armenian political parties under one umbrella.<ref name=question /> After the [[Young Turk Revolution]] in 1908, he returned to Constantinople, where he remainedremaining politically active in the Hunchakian Party.<ref name=teotik /> During this time, heHe was elected as a deputy to the [[Armenian National Assembly]] representing the district of Gedikpaşa.<ref name=teotik />

In 1913, he published a four-volume publicationvolumes of his memoirs on Armenian Revolutionary figures and their activities, entitled ''Memories of the Armenian Crisis'' (Armenian: Հիշատակներ հայկական ճգնաժամեն).<ref name=question />

==DeathExecution==

Harutiun DjangulianJangülian was one of the [[Deportation of Armenian leaders|Armenian leaders deported]] during the [[Armenian Genocidegenocide]].<ref name=haigazian /> OnHe was arrested on 24 April 1915, Djangulian was arrested and sent via train to [[Ayaş,_Ankara Ankara|Ayaş]], a village locatednear in the interior provinces of the Ottoman Empire[[Ankara]], whereto he wasbe imprisoned along with other Armenian intellectuals.<ref name=kevorkian /><ref name=gomidas /> On 2 June, Djanguliana alonggroup withincluding Jangülian, [[Rupen Zartarian]], [[Sarkis Minassian]], [[Khachatur Malumian]], and [[Nazaret Daghavarian]] were totaken be transferred to [[Diyarbakir]]out.<ref name=kevorkian /> Ostensibly, they wereto be sent to undergo a court-martial in [[Diyarbakir]];<ref name=gomidas>{{cite web|last=Sarafian|first=Ara|title=What Happened on 24 April 1915? The Ayash Prisoners|url=http://www.gomidas.org/submissions/show/5|publisher=[[Gomidas Institute]]|date=22 April 2013}}</ref> however, DjangulianJangülian along with the rest were murderedexecuted en route in the area of Karacur between [[Urfa]] and Severek (today [[Siverek]]).<ref name=kevorkian /><ref name=haigazian /><ref name="c-khachig">{{cite news|last=Boghosian|first=Khachig|title=My Arrest and Exile on April 24, 1915|newspaper=Armenian Reporter|date=21 April 2001}}</ref> The order for the murderexecution was given from Captain Şevket to Haci Onbaşı, a member of the [[Special Organization (Ottoman Empire)|Special Organization]].<ref name=kevorkian />

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