A shirt for the brave
By: by Hagop K. Beshlian, M.D. ; with an introduction by Gary A. Kulhanjian
Publisher: Gomidas Institute
Published: 2017
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 88
ISBN-13: 9781909382367
Subjects: Armenian Americans; Biography; Immigrants; Physicians; Soldiers; World War, 1914-1918; Armenian Personal narratives; Armenian Genocide, 1915-1923; Armenians; History
Description: "This is a remarkable account of Hagop Beshlian's life. ... Starting with the Hamidian massacres, when he lost his parents, Beshlian recounts how he became the first Armenian medical doctor in Ourfa. With the outbreak of WWI he was conscripted into the Ottoman army as an officer and served in Gallipoli, Poland, Iraq and Palestine. At the end of WWI he returned to Ourfa under British and later French occupation, and played a leading role in negotiating on behalf of Armenians with both French and Turkish forces. He remained in Ourfa after the Kemalists established control, and eventually left the region and settled in the United States, where he set up his medical practice."--publisher's description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.