AGBU Chapters that Disappeared with the Ottoman Empire
Without exception, all the AGBU chapters mentioned in the present section were destroyed in 1915, when their members were killed. The Young Turk policy that was calculated to eliminate, first and foremost, the Armenian elites of the Ottoman Empire did not spare the AGBU’s national or local leaders any more than it did the leaders of other Armenian organizations. The fate reserved for Dr. Nazaret Daghavarian, a founding member of the AGBU who was elected to the Ottoman Parliament in 1908 as the representative of the city of Sivas, illustrates the destiny of local leaders active in the Union. Daghavarian, who was the driving force behind the creation of nearly all the ... Read all
Members of the AGBU’s Kharpert board in 1911 (Arch. Bibl. Nubar/Paris).
Members of the AGBU’s Marzvan board in 1912 (Arch. Bibl. Nubar/Paris).
• Smyrna, October 1909: Dr. Boghos Constans
• Erzinjan, 1909: Harutyun Lepian
• Mersin, November 1909: Mgrdich Zelveyan
• Constantinople, January 1910: Gabriel Noradungian
• Erzerum, January 1910: Mardiros Kavafian
• Bursa, January 1910: Krikor Mgrdichian
• Kharpert, February 1910: Nigoghos Tenekejian
• Magnesia/Manisa, February 1910: Harutyun Keulian
• Angora, March 1910: Armenag Yenovkian
The AGBU’s Local Chapters