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Founding of the 3 Armenian Political Parties. Enlightenment (Renaissance of the Armenian People. Zartonk (awakening) Education and awareness over a period of 300 years - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Founding of the 3 Armenian Political Parties
Enlightenment (Renaissance of the Armenian People
• Zartonk (awakening)
• Education and awareness over a period of 300 years
• Led to an ever increasing resentment and active revolt of the Armenian people against the Ottoman leaders during the mid to late 1800’s
• Became a Revolutionary Movement formally organized under the leadership of 3 political parties in the late 1800’s
• Հայ ազգային-ազատագրական շարժում
- Հայ ազգային ազատագրականշարժում
• The movement was principally led by three political parties all founded in the late 1800’s:
• Armenian Democratic Liberal Party (Ramgavar Party, originally known as the Armenakan)
• Social Democrat Hunchakian Party
• Armenian Revolutionary Federation (Dashnak - ARF)
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Building Block – Khrimian Hayrik1820 - 1907
The 3 Primary Political Parties
• Armenakan (Ramgavar) Party: Founded in 1885
• Social Democrat Hunchakian Party: Founded in 1887
• Armenian Revolutionary Federation: Founded in 1890.
Armenakan
• Established in Van by Mekertich Portukalian in 1885
• Its purpose was to “…win for the Armenian the right to rule over themselves through revolution…”
• It restricted membership to Armenians only
• Focused on education and self defense.
• Focused activities primarily in Van. Did not expand much beyond that.
Hunchak
• It was founded in 1887 by 7 college students in Geneva, Switzerland
• Goal was to gain Armenia's independence from the Ottoman Empire with revolutionary activity in Turkish Armenia.
• Its name is taken from its newspaper Hunchak, meaning "Clarion" or "Bell" in English, and is taken by party members to represent "a call for enlightenment and freedom.”
• Centralized structure
Armenian Revolutionary Federation
• Հայ Յեղափոխականների Դաշնակցութիւն
• The Armenian Revolutionary Federation(ARF) was founded in Tiflis in 1890
• The founders were Christapor Mikaelian, Stepan Zorian, and Simon Zavarian.
• Aim of unifying small groups that were advocating for reform and defending Armenian villages from massacres in the Ottoman empire.
• Decentralized structure