Haig Tiriakian was arrested as part of the deportation of Armenian notables on 24 April 1915 during the Armenian Genocide . He was deported to Ayaş , a village in the interior of the Ottoman Empire . After learning that another Haig Tiriakian had been detained in Ayaş , he demanded his namesake 's release and his own transfer from Çankırı to Ayaş . He was then tortured and eventually killed in the vicinity of Ankara
Armenian Genocide
Armenian Genocide
Haig Tiriakian