Stepan Sapah-Gulian
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| Born |
Stepanos Ter-Danielian February 14, 1861 Nakhichevan, Russian Empire |
| Died | April 28, 1928 (aged 67) New Jersey, United States |
| Resting place | Union City, New Jersey |
| Nationality | Armenian |
| Alma mater | École Libre des Sciences Politiques |
| Occupation | political scientist |
| Notable work | "Young Turkey", "Responsables" |
| Political party | Social Democrat Hunchakian Party |
Stepan Sapah-Gulian (Armenian: Ստեփան Սապահ Գիւլեան, 1861 – 1928) was a prominent Armenian journalist, political scientist, intellectual and a leader of the Social Democrat Hunchakian Party.
Stepan Sapah-Gulian was born in Djahri, a village just north of Nakhichevan on 14 February 1861. He attended the Nersisian School in Tiflis for his primary and secondary education and was later appointed director of schools in Nakhichevan. In 1887 he was arrested by Tsarist authorities and briefly jailed.
Sapah-Gulian met with renowned Hunchak activist Paramaz (Matteos Sarkissian) in Nakhichevan and Meghri, and discussed revolutionary ideas. He traveled throughout Western Armenia, the Middle East, and was later briefly director of the Armenian school in Jerusalem prior to his departure to Paris for continuation of higher education. In 1895 he graduated from the École Libre des Sciences Politiques with future French Prime Minister Raymond Poincaré.
As an ardent activist for the Armenian cause, Sapah-Gulian joined the Hunchakian in 1894. He became a leader of the party and founded and/or edited several journals, including Yeritasard Hayastan (‘Young Armenia’, 1903), Hunchak, Veradsnound (‘Revival’), and Nor Ashkharh ('New World').
After the restoration of the Ottoman Constitution (1908), along with the party, he declared his opposition to the Young Turk-led Committee of Union and Progress, and urged other Armenian political parties to join the Hunchakians in opposition to the Ittihad movement.
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