Սուրէն Սարգսեան2026-06-152026-06-152021Սարգսեան, Ս., «Կիլիկիա. 1920 Օգոստոսի 4ի Ակտը եւ Միհրան Տամատեանի դերակատարութիւնը», «Հայկազեան հայագիտական հանդէս», 2021, Պէյրութ, էջ 221-234https://haigrepository.haigazian.edu.lb/handle/123456789/1423After the end of WWl many of the survivors of the Armenian community decimated by the genocide, were gathered in French-occupied Cilicia, where they were promised a national home. However, with the Kemalists gaining power and the connivance of the French military authorities, the Turks regularly attacked and ruthlessly massacred the isolated Armenian areas of Cilicia. After taking all possible measures, and seeing no other way out, on August 4, 1920, the Armenians, in collaboration with all the other ethnic and religious minorities (except the Turks), proclaimed Cilicia an independent republic headed by the Plenipotentiary Representative of the Armenian National Delegation, Mihran Tamatyan. However, due to geopolitical shifts, inter-ally rivalries and the precedence of selfish interests even over promises made, the coalition was isolated and its leaders were imprisoned, killing, once again, the dream of a national home in Cilicia.