Jak Sayabalyan

Jacques or Jack Sayabalian (Paylag) (Armenian: Ժագ Սայապալեան (Փայլակ); June 1880 – 1915) was an Armenian writer and poet who was also an interpreter for the British Consul in Konya between 1904 and 1909, then vice-consul for a year and a half. He was also a member of the Armenian National Assembly representing his birthplace of Konya. After 1909, he became a journalist in Constantinople. During the Armenian genocide, Sayabalian was deported to Ankara and then killed.