Krikor Zohrab ( ; June 26 , 1861 – 1915 ) was an influential Armenian writer , politician , and lawyer from Constantinople . At the onset of the Armenian Genocide he was arrested by the Turkish government and sent to appear before a military court in Diyarbakır . En route , at a locality called Karaköprü or Şeytanderesi on the outskirts of Urfa , he was murdered by a band of known brigands under the leadership of Çerkez Ahmet , Halil and Nazım some time between 15 July and 20 July 1915 Zohrab was born into a wealthy family in Beşiktaş , Istanbul on 26 June 1861 . His early education was completed at a local Armenian Catholic school . He received a civil engineering degree from Galatasaray Institute , but did not work in that field . Instead , he enrolled in a newly opened law school , the Imperial University of Jurisprudence ( today : Istanbul University Faculty of Law ) , and received his law degree in 1882 . He was a revered lawyer in the courts of the Ottoman Empire . He became a professor at the university , teaching law . At the age of 27 , he married Clara Yazejian , and fathered two daughters and two sons . One of the daughters , Dolores Zohrab Liebmann , eventually became an American philanthropist
Armenian Genocide
Armenian Genocide
Krikor Zohrab