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October 1980 Fr. Manuel Yergatian was arrested at Istanbul airport while on his way to Jerusalem. He was accompanying a group of students of the Armenian Patriarchate's Seminary in Jerusalem for the summer. Marsden wrote that he was initially arrested because the Turkish authorities claimed that a
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appeared in court to speak on behalf of Fr. Yergatian. In March 1983, after an excessively long pre-trial detention, Fr. Yergatian was sentenced by a
Turkish Military Court to 14 years in prison to be followed by 4 years and 8 months of internal exile. His imprisonment and torture caused him great
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as well as an 1888 map showing
Armenia. Because of this he was charged with the possession of maps that indicated Armenian territory within modern-day Turkey. During his detention while awaiting trial he was tortured by having his fingernails and toenails torn out. Fr. Yergatian was charged under
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Since 1991, Very Rev. Fr. Manuel
Yergatian served as the spiritual pastor of the Armenian community of the Netherlands and was known as a "popular and dedicated cleric". The Very Rev. Fr. Manuel Yergatian, the pastor of the Armenian Church in the Netherlands, died on February 11, 2004, in
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Born in
Istanbul on September 11, 1954, Manuel Yergatian, called Hayko Manuel Eldemir (the Turkish equivalent of Yergatian), spent his early years in Turkey, then at a theological training in Jerusalem before returning to serve in the
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physical and psychological damage from which he never fully recovered and resulted in numerous ailments. In 1986 he was released after a US Congressional delegation visited Turkey to discuss his case with
Turkish officials.
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Fr. Yergatian's case was described as "typical for the
Turkish government's ... oppression of Armenians in Turkey" and "the most startling case" of "political persecution of Armenian clergymen and laymen after the
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articles 140 and 242 of
Turkish law with "having participated in activities against the state and damaging the interests of the country by utilizing his priesthood." On September 2, 1982, Patriarch
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adopted him as a prisoner of conscience, concluding that the evidence against him was baseless. In later years Fr. Yergatian was the spiritual leader of
Armenians in the
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at the age of 50. Funeral services were held at St. Gregory the
Illuminator Armenian Church in Almelo with the participation of Archbishop Nourhan Manoogian.
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MANUEL YERGATIAN/ARMEENS-APOSTOLISCHE KERK/Soms komen mensen bij mij thuis en dan zeggen ze: Je woont als een Hollander: MARIJKE VERDUYN − "Trouw", 03/09/98
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PRESS RELEASE - Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem: Armenian Church Mourns the Passing of Very Rev. Fr. Manuel Vartabed Yergatian, February 13, 2004
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A Tortured Priest Rests in Peace; In Memory of Fr. Manuel Yergatian, by Hratch Tchilingirian // The Armenian Reporter, February 21, 2004
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A Tortured Priest Rests in Peace; In Memory of Fr. Manuel Yergatian, by Hratch Tchilingirian // The Armenian Reporter, February 21, 2004
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for the alleged possession of maps that indicated Armenian territory within modern-day Turkey and was sentenced to 14 years in prison.
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and became the deputy director of the Patriarchate's Theological School. He was a member of the St. James Brotherhood of the
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published a statement which demanded the release of Yergatian and 11 other political prisoners from Turkish prisons.
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In Memoriam - Vartabed Manuel Yergatian (1954-2004), By Jackie Abramian // California Courier, April 15, 2004
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In Memoriam - Vartabed Manuel Yergatian (1954-2004), By Jackie Abramian // California Courier, April 15, 2004
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Le Combat arménien: entre terrorisme et utopie : Lausanne, 1923-1983 Авторы: Armand Gaspard, p. 85
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