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Shahan Natalie | |
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Born | Hagop Der Hagopian July 14, 1884 Kharpert, Ottoman Empire |
Died | April 19, 1983 | (aged 98)
Resting place | Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Massachusetts, US |
Nationality | Armenian |
Other names | John Mahy |
Notable work | The Turks and Us (1928) |
Political party | none |
Shahan Natalie (Armenian: Շահան Նաթալի; July 14, 1884 – April 19, 1983) was an Armenian writer and political activist who was the principal organizer of Operation Nemesis, a campaign of revenge against officials of the former Ottoman Empire who organized the Armenian genocide during World War I.[1] Originally a member of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation, he later left the party over disagreements regarding its policy towards Turkey. Of his writings on Armenian national philosophy, his essay The Turks and Us is the best known.[2] The main argument of Natalie's writings is that it is impossible for Armenians to come to any kind of understanding with Turks, whom he considered the chief enemy of Armenians, let alone cooperate with Turkey against the Soviet Union.[3]