Diran Kelekian was an Ottoman Armenian

Armenians in the Ottoman Empire

Armenians in the Ottoman Empire or Ottoman Armenians were ethnic Armenian people of the Armenian Apostolic Church, the Armenian Catholic Church or the Armenian Protestant Church who lived in the Ottoman Empire...

 journalist, writer and professor of Ottoman University (Istanbul

Istanbul

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), editor of "Cihan" (since 1883) and "Sabah

Sabah (newspaper)

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" (since 1908) newspapers. Armenian Genocide

Armenian Genocide

The Armenian Genocide—also known as the Armenian Holocaust, the Armenian Massacres and, by Armenians, as the Great Crime—refers to the deliberate and systematic destruction of the Armenian population of the Ottoman Empire during and just after World War I...

 victim.

He studied at Constantinople

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 and Marseille

Marseille

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 (French Academy of Sciences), then become a lecturer at Ottoman University of Istanbul. Being the editor of "Sabah", he also worked as a correspondent of "Daily Mail

Daily Mail

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" and "Presse Associe", published journalistic works in Turkish using Armenian letters, compiled a French–Turkish dictionary.
Kelekian was arrested, deportated to Çankırı

Çankırı

-Agriculture:Various produce like wheat, corn, beans, apple etc. are grown in the farms, and fields that are rich of water.-Industry:Most of the industry is located near the city center and Korgun. Other towns that are in the industrial map of the city are Şabanözü, Çerkeş, Ilgaz, Kurşunlu, and...

and killed.