Edited sentence: He truly was a great figure from the Armenian literary scene of that time.He was arrested in 24 April 1915 and put into Ayaş prison, then dispatched to Diyarbakır to appear before a court martial.He was killed by Turkish authorities during the Armenian Genocide.He was removed from the Ayaş prison on 5 May and taken under military escort to Diyarbakır along with Dagavarian, Agnouni, Jangulian, Khajag and Minassian (below) to appear before a court martial there and they were, seemingly, murdered by the [well-known] band of brigands led by Cherkes Ahmet, and lieutenants Halil and Nazım, at a locality called Karacaören shortly before arriving to Diyarbakır.In 1915, Zartarian was killed during the Armenian Genocide