Rober Haddeciyan
Rober Haddeciyan , also known as Rober Haddeler, was a Turkish-Armenian writer, playwright and editor-in-chief of Marmara, an Armenian-language daily newspaper from 1967 until his death.
Marmara is published six times a week. Circulation is reported at 2,200 per issue.
Life and career
Rober Haddeciyan was born on 26 January 1926 in the district of Bakırköy in Istanbul, Turkey, to Avedis Haddeciyan and Siranush. He graduated from the Private [Armenian School of Pangaltı|Pangaltı Armenian Mkhitarist High School] in 1944 and is an Istanbul University Faculty of Letters Department of Philosophy graduate. Haddeciyan, who was already working for Marmara as a journalist, became the editor-in-chief of the newspaper in 1967. His columns in Nor Marmara were translated into Turkish by his daughter-in-law Karolin Haddeler and published in the weekly Turkish supplement. He published 50 to 60 books. One of his most famous books is his novel Arasdagh, which has also been published in Turkish under the title Tavan.Haddeciyan died on 6 September 2025, at the age of 99.