7 portraits from the history of the Armenian people: Mkrtich Shelefyan

A well-known Armenian businessman in Turkiye, who became a civic leader of the survivors of the Armenian Genocide, a man whom the Turkish Prime Minister twice asked to become a deputy of the ruling faction, a figure who spent two years in a Turkish prison, in the same cell, with the president of the country and introduced him to Armenian history, managed to prevent Turkiye’s attack on Cyprus and finally, an Armenian who overthrew the program of the Turkish authorities to hold a counter-rally with the participation of Armenians in Istanbul on April 24, 1965.

Who was Mkrtich Shelefyan?

In the new fall season of Alpha News, thе image of the respected Armenian is revealed by the famous scientist, Professor Ruben Melkonyan, in the series 7 portraits from the history of the Armenian people.