Name Bedros Kapamajian | Died 1912, Van, Turkey | |
Bedros Kapamajian (Armenian: Պետրոս Քափամաճեան) (1840 – 1912 in Van), was an Armenian citizen of the Ottoman Empire, a textile trader, and mayor of the town of Van.
Kapamajian was appointed the mayor of Van on February 2, 1908.
The Armenian Revolutionary Federation (a.k.a. ARF) accused Kapamajian of being a puppet of the Ottoman Government.
According to Turkish sources, Kapamajian was executed with two gun shot wounds in the head by ARF leader Aram Manukian and his ARF fellows in 1912.
In his research, Turkish Historian Hasan Oktay states that the perpetrators of his murder were arrested and charged with "encouraging murder." However, the perpetrators were later released and murder charges were dropped, as the case was later highly politicized by ARF.