Avetis Aharonyan’s delegation in Constantinople, 1918

The Armenian delegation headed by Avetis Aharonyan with Ottoman officials in Constantinople, June 1918. According to the source, the delegation arrived as representatives of an independent and free state, and a few months later the Armenians would announce their victory in the First World War.

The photograph shows 13 men in two rows in front of a stone wall. Some wear military uniforms with decorations, two wear fur hats, two wear fezzes, and the others are in civilian suits.