  the social democrat hunchakian party (sdhp) (), is currently the oldest armenian political party and was the first socialist party in the ottoman empire and in persia.social democrat hunchakian party it was founded in 1887 by avetis nazarbekian, mariam vardanian, gevorg gharadjian, ruben khan-azat, christopher ohanian, gabriel kafian and manuel manuelian, a group of college students in geneva, switzerland, with the goal of attaining armenia's independence from the ottoman empire and as part of the armenian national liberation movement.lebanon a country study by federal research division - page 185 also known as hentchak, henchak, social-democratic hentchaks, huntchakians, hnchakian, henchags, its name is taken from its newspaper hunchak, meaning "clarion" or "bell" in english, and is taken by party members to represent "a call or awakening, for enlightenment and freedom." ==history== all seven founders of the party were russian armenian marxist students who had left russian armenia to further their education in various universities of western europe. they were young, in their twenties, and supported by their af
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