# Manuel Yergatian

> Father Manuel Yergatian (1954-2004) was a Turkish Armenian priest, who was arrested in Turkey for the alleged possession of maps that indicated Armenian territory within modern-day Turkey and was sentenced to 14 years in prison. Amnesty International adopted him as a prisoner of conscience, concluding that the evidence against him was baseless. In later years Fr. Yergatian was the spiritual leader of Armenians in the Netherlands.

*Turkish-Armenian priest*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/manuel-yergatian

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Religious Figure
- **Category:** Religious Figures
- **Country:** Turkey
- **Born:** 1954
- **Died:** 2004
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Father Manuel Yergatian (1954-2004) was a Turkish Armenian priest, who was arrested in Turkey for the alleged possession of maps that indicated Armenian territory within modern-day Turkey and was sentenced to 14 years in prison. Amnesty International adopted him as a prisoner of conscience, concluding that the evidence against him was baseless. In later years Fr. Yergatian was the spiritual leader of Armenians in the Netherlands.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 32.1 / 100
- **Momentum:** 0.0 / 100  (trend: FALLING)
- **Historical depth:** 3.1 / 100
- **Attention shift:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 20.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 53.0 / 100

## Sources
- [Manuel Yergatian](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuel_Yergatian)
- [مانوئل یرکاتیان](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%88%D8%A6%D9%84_%DB%8C%D8%B1%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%AA%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%86)
- [مانويل يرجاتيان](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84_%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%AC%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%86)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6752953)

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