Հայկ Աւագեան2026-05-142026-05-142017Աւագեան, Ա., «Արշակ Չօպանեանի եւ Լեւոն Բաշալեանի նամակները Արփիար Արփիարեանին», «Հայկազեան հայագիտական հանդէս», 2017, Պէյրութ, էջ 499-513https://haigrepository.haigazian.edu.lb/handle/123456789/1259Sultan Abdul Hamid used the occupation of the Ottoman Bank by Armenian revolutionaries as a pretext to persecute Armenian national and cultural figures in Constantinople and give the green light to extensive massacres in the Armenian Vilayets. Indeed, the era 1896 to 1908 is considered the most repressive of Abdul Hamid's regime. Several Armenian political figures fled the Empire and settled in Europe, particularly in France and Great Britain, while others resumed their anti-oppression activities from Egypt. Among these figures was Arpiar Arpiarian (1851, Constantinople-1908, Cairo), a western Armenian author, editor, publisher and a renowned revolutionary member of the Social Democratic Hunchak Party. The letters, dated 1896 and 1897, are addressed to him by two of his revolutionary friends, Arshag Chobanian and Levon Pashalian. The letters are just a few in a bundle of letters addressed to Arpiarian. They discuss matters related to the propagation of the Armenian cause in Europe, pro-Armenian sympathy in Europe, and issues of collaboration with dissident young Turks; they also reflect the life and concerns of Armenian nationals living in exile.