After assassinating an Armenian informer he escaped to Greece and then to Egypt . He then became a member of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation , joined fedayee bands , and participated in guerrilla activities in response to the Hamidian massacres . In 1904 he played a visible role during the Sasun Uprising , and then started to operate in Van . During the Armenian-Tatar massacres 1905-1907 , he was designated head of defense of the Zangezur region and , gathering a group of 50 horsemen , he defended the Armenian population of Kapan from massacres . An amnesty following the Young Turk revolution of 1908 allowed Murad to return to the Ottoman Empire , where he worked in Van and in Sivas . In particular , he participated in the organization of a network of schools and charitable and female societies , and taught physical culture and theatrical art at Armenian schools
Hamidian massacres
Hamidian massacres
Sebastatsi Murad