Istanbul, Turkey—Rober Haddeciyan, editor-in-chief and chief writer of Marmara newspaper, passed away on the morning of September 6, 2025; he would have celebrated his 100th birthday three months later, in January 2026; Haddeciyan, who headed Marmara since 1967, was also a novelist and short story writer who published extensively in Armenian; born on January 26, 1926, in Bakırköy, Istanbul, Haddeciyan moved with his family to Kurtuluş, when he enrolled in the Pangaltı Mekhitaryan Armenian School through high school; after graduating in 1944, he attended the physics and mathematics department of Istanbul University for one year before transferring to the philosophy and psychology department of the Faculty of Letters, graduating in 1950; after completing his military service as a reserve officer in Ankara and Ağrı, he married Süzan Tamikyan and began his career as a representative for a large textile company; Haddeciyan’s literary talents were evident early; in 1946, he submitted his story “Paraskhal” (Word Mistake) to the monthly magazine Aniv (Wheel), with the encouragement of his teachers; from that point on, he devoted himself entirely to Armenian literature, working alongside Zahrad, Zareh Khrakhuni and Varujan Acemyan to produce the literary pages of the Armenian-language daily newspaper Marmara; Marmara was founded in 1940 by Suren Şamlıyan; when Haddeciyan assumed full responsibility in 1967, the paper was being managed by Şamlıyan’s daughter and son-in-law, Seta and Bedros Zobyan; Marmara made significant progress with the switch to offset printing in 1976; among Haddeciyan’s most important works was Arasdağı [Ceiling], published in 1983; his book, Vasdağ [Earning], was awarded the first prize of the Alek Manukyan Foundation Literature Fund in 1976, while Arasdağı won the same award in 1983; thanks to the scholarship of literary critic Suren Tanielyan, Haddeciyan’s work also gained wide recognition in Armenia; in 2001, he was accepted as a member of the Armenian Journalists Union; over his lifetime, he received numerous honors, including the Gold Medal of the Armenian Ministry of Culture, the Movses Khorenatsi Medal of the Armenian State, the Yerevan State University Gold Medal, the Golden Pen Award of the Armenian Journalists Union, the S. Mesrob Mashtots Award and the Surp Sahak-Surp Mesrob Medal; Haddeciyan lost his wife, Suzan, in 2024; his sons Ari and Ayk Haddeciyan have recently been running the newspaper; a national funeral ceremony will be held on Wednesday, September 10 at 1:00 p.m. at the Üç Horan (Three Horan) Armenian Church in Beyoğlu; Marmara included the following in its report on his passing: “It was an indispensable witness to the years when our society still spoke Armenian and the Armenian press was proudly read in homes; Marmara had thousands of readers; for them, the newspaper was bread and Rober Haddeciyan’s writings were a sacred trust; our promise is to remain faithful to the values you defend with unwavering faith; may your heavenly journey be illuminated with light.”; this article was originally published in Agos on September 6.