Armenakan Party, an Armenian underground organization in the Ottoman Empire established in 1885
The Armenakan Party (in Armenian Արմենական Կուսակցութիւն) was established in Van in 1885 by Mekertich Portukalian as an underground organization against the ruling system.
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The party went on to become one of the three traditional Armenian diaspora political groupings alongside the Armenian Revolutionary Federation and the Social Democrat Hunchakian Party.
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Armenian Democratic Liberal Party (ADL), an Armenian party, successor to the Armenakan Party formed in 1921, not to be confused with the Democratic Liberal Party of Armenia (ADLA)
Mekertich Portukalian (October 21, 1848, Constantinople - 1921, Marseille) was an Armenian teacher, who founded the Armenakan party in Van, in 1885.