Sarkis Zeitlian

Sarkis Zeitlian
Born1930 (1930)
Musa Dagh, Hatay Province, Turkey
Disappeared28 March 1985 (aged 54–55)
Beirut, Lebanon
StatusMissing for 39 years, 7 months and 7 days; assumed murdered
NationalityLebanese American
OccupationJournalist
Spouse
Sona Simonian
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(m. 1957)​
ChildrenHeghnar Zeitlian Watenpaugh

Sarkis Zeitlian (Armenian: Սարգիս Զէյթլեան; 1930 – abducted on 28 March 1985)[1] was a Lebanese Armenian journalist and political leader of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation (ARF).[2] He was abducted on 28 March 1985 in West Beirut, Lebanon and presumably murdered under unknown circumstances. At the time of his abduction, Zeitlian was director of the ARF's international media network. Zeitlian was a member of the Political Bureau of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation; the highest ranking subdivision of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation.[3]

  1. ^ "An ARF Mystery: What happened to Unger Sarkis Zeitlian?". Armenian National Committee of America. 2018-10-04. Retrieved 2023-07-15.
  2. ^ "Sarkis". HSZPUB. 2017-07-04. Retrieved 2023-07-15.
  3. ^ Denial of Violence Ottoman Past, Turkish Present, and Collective Violence Against the Armenians, 1789-2009 ISBN 978-0-190-62458-3 p. 609