Diran Kelekian
| Diran Kelekian Տիրան Քէլէկեան |
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| Born | 1862 Kayseri, Ottoman Turkey |
| Died | 1915 (aged 53) Çankırı, Ottoman Turkey |
| Occupation | Journalist, editor, writer, and professor |
Diran Kelekian (Dikran Kelegian, Armenian: Տիրան Քէլէկեան, 1862, Kayseri – 1915, Çankırı) was an Ottoman Armenian journalist and professor of Ottoman University (Istanbul). He was editor of two newspapers, Cihan (since 1883) and Sabah (since 1908). He died a victim of the Armenian Genocide.
He studied in Constantinople and at the French Academy of Sciences at Marseille, then became a lecturer at Ottoman University of Istanbul. Being the editor of Sabah, he also worked as a correspondent of Daily Mail and Presse Associe, published journalistic works in Turkish using Armenian letters, compiled a French–Turkish dictionary. Kelekian was arrested, deported to Çankırı and killed.
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