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The Kumkapi demonstration took place on 27 July 1890 in the district of [[Kumkapi]] in Constantinople where the [[Armenian Patriarchate of Constantinople]] is located. During the saying of mass, Harutiun Djangulian interrupted the session by stepping onto the altar and reading aloud a declaration of sympathy towards the maltreatment of the Armenians and denouncing the indifference of the church leadership.<ref name=salt>{{cite book|last=Salt|first=Jeremy|title=Imperialism, Evangelism and the Ottoman Armenians, 1878-1896|date=2013|publisher=Taylor and Francis|location=Hoboken|isbn=1135191387}}</ref> The demonstrators then forced the patriarch to join the procession heading to the [[Yildiz Palace]] to demand implementation of reforms for the Armenian provinces.<ref name=nalbandian /> Even as the procession was gathering, police surrounded the crowd, and shots were fired that resulted in the deaths of several, including a policeman.<ref name=nalbandian />
Although Djangulian was regarded as a hero of the demonstration, he was subsequently sentenced to death.<ref name=salt /> However, his sentence was commuted to life imprisonment in exile by the Sultan.<ref name=salt /><ref>{{cite book|title=Appletons' Annual Cyclopaedia and Register of Important Events, Volume 15; Volume 30|date=1891|publisher=D. Appleton|page=806|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=mlcxAQAAMAAJ}}</ref><ref name=nalbandian /><ref>{{cite book|last=Ternon|first=Yves|title=The Armenians: history of a genocide|date=1990|publisher=Caravan Books|location=Delmar, N.Y.|isbn=0882065084|page=263|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=XpWgAAAAMAAJ|edition=2nd ed.}}</ref> Djangulian was exiled to
===Life after prison===
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