The funeral of Armenian writer Mıgırdiç Margosyan was held today (April 7) at the Kumkapı Patriarchate Church in Fatih, İstanbul.

Several politicians, local governors, journalists and writers attended the funeral. After the ceremony, Margosyan was laid to rest at the Şişli Armenian Cemetery.

Photo: Surp Haç Tıbrevank Armenian High School/Twitter

Republican People's Party (CHP) deputies Sezgin Tanrıkulu and Turan Aydoğan, Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) deputies Garo Paylan and Züleyha Gülüm, Labor Party Chair Ercüment Akdeniz, Princes' Islands Mayor Erdem Gül, Kadıköy Mayor Şerdil Dara Odabaşı, DİSK Basın İş union Chair Faruk Eren, and writer Şeyhmus Diken were among those who attended the funeral.

Margosyan passed away on Saturday (April 2) at the age of 84.

Writer and novelist. He was born in Diyarbakır's Hançepek Neighborhood (The Neighborhood of Giaours) on December 23, 1938.

He graduated from the Philosophy Department of İstanbul University Faculty of Literature. Between 1966 and 1972, he was the manager and a teacher of philosophy, psychology and Armenian language and literature at the Surp Haç Tıbrevank Armenian Church in Üsküdar, İstanbul.

Later, he quit teaching and went into business. He continued his literary works without interruption.

Some of the Armenian stories he wrote for Marmara newspaper were made into a book entitled "Mer Ayt Goğmerı" (Our Neighborhood) in 1984. With this book, he was granted the Eliz Kavukçuyan Literary Award in Paris in 1988.

Aras Publishing House published several other books by Margosyan. Compilations of his articles for Evrensel and Agos were also published as books.

His last book, The Journal of God (Tanrı'nın Syir Defteri), was published in 2016. (AÖ/VK)