During the Armenian Genocide , Zartarian was taken to Ayaş and kept in prison on 5 May and later taken under military escort to Diyarbakır to appear before a court martial there and was murdered by Cherkes Ahmet , and lieutenants Halil and Nazım , at a locality called Karacaören shortly before arriving to Diyarbakır
Zartarian was taken
Deportation of Armenian intellectuals on 24 April 1915
Rupen Zartarian