Panos Terlemezian

Terlemezian was born in Aygestan, located in the vicinity of the city of Van, Western Armenia, Ottoman Empire, in 1865. His father was a farmer. He received primary education in Van Central college (1881–1886) that he graduated with honours and was employed as a teacher. When a student he entered a youth group fighting against sultan's government, because of it he had been subjected to the persecu...