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Sarkis Torossian (Turkish: Sarkis Torosyan, also spelled Torosian, 1891 – August 17, 1954) was a decorated Ottoman Armenian captain who fought in the Gallipoli Campaign and according to his memoirs, was the first person to sink a British battleship. After the Armenian genocide however, when most of his family was massacred, he switched sides and joined the fight against the Ottoman Empire. He later moved to the United States where he wrote and published his memoirs, From Dardanelles to Palestine: a true story of five battle fronts of Turkey. The authenticity and accuracy of his memoirs have been debated by historians. In anticipation of the publication of Torossian's memoirs in Turkey by Ayhan Aktar, Torosian's descendants were discovered by local historian Paul Vartan Sookiasian. From the

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  • Sarkis Torossian (de)
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  • Торосян, Саркис (ru)
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  • Sarkis Torossian (armenisch Սարգիս Թորոսեան, türkisch Sarkis Torosyan; * 1891 in Everek bei Kayseri, Osmanisches Reich; † 17. Oktober 1954 in der Bronx, New York City) war ein hochdekorierter osmanischer Kommandant armenischer Herkunft. Seinen Memoiren zufolge war Torossian die Person, die das erste britische Schiff in der Schlacht von Gallipoli versenkte. Nach eigenen Angaben desertierte er nach der Ermordung seiner Familie im Völkermord an den Armeniern und diente den Briten 1918 in Palästina. (de)
  • Sarkis Torossian (Turkish: Sarkis Torosyan, also spelled Torosian, 1891 – August 17, 1954) was a decorated Ottoman Armenian captain who fought in the Gallipoli Campaign and according to his memoirs, was the first person to sink a British battleship. After the Armenian genocide however, when most of his family was massacred, he switched sides and joined the fight against the Ottoman Empire. He later moved to the United States where he wrote and published his memoirs, From Dardanelles to Palestine: a true story of five battle fronts of Turkey. The authenticity and accuracy of his memoirs have been debated by historians. In anticipation of the publication of Torossian's memoirs in Turkey by Ayhan Aktar, Torosian's descendants were discovered by local historian Paul Vartan Sookiasian. From the (en)
  • Sarkis Torossian (en arménien : Սարգիս Թորոսեան), né en 1891 à Everek, dans l'Empire ottoman, et mort le 17 octobre 1954 dans le Bronx, à New York, aux États-Unis, est un capitaine ottoman d'origine arménienne, qui a notamment combattu durant la bataille des Dardanelles où il a, selon ses mémoires, été la première personne à couler un navire de guerre britannique. Cependant, après le génocide arménien, au cours duquel la plupart de sa famille est massacrée, il change de camp et rejoint la lutte contre l'Empire ottoman. Il déménage ensuite aux États-Unis où il écrit et publie ses mémoires, From Dardanelles to Palestine: a true story of five battle fronts of Turkey. (fr)
  • Сарки́с Торося́н (арм. Սարգիս Թորոսյան; 1891, близ Кайсери, Османская империя — 17 октября 1954, Бронкс, Нью-Йорк) — турецкий офицер армянского происхождения, известный своими подвигами как в османской армии, так и — после армянского геноцида — на стороне Антанты и арабского восстания. Во время Галлиполийского сражения 1915 года командовал береговой батареей, отличился потоплением нескольких британских судов, за что его отметил . За заслуги в сражении Энвер-паша вручил ему медаль Osmanlı Devleti harp madalyası. В современной турецкой историографии заслуги Торосяна умалчиваются. (ru)
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