Sarkis Torossian

[2][3] He later moved to the United States where he wrote and published his memoirs, From Dardanelles to Palestine: a true story of five battle fronts of Turkey.

[4][5] In anticipation of the publication of Torossian's memoirs in Turkey by Ayhan Aktar, Torosian's descendants were discovered by local historian Paul Vartan Sookiasian.

[7] Torossian continued his education in Adrianople (Edirne) where he befriended an Arab named Muharrem whose father was a Brigadier General in Constantinople (Istanbul).

[clarification needed][2] In his memoirs, Sarkis Torossian claimed that he sunk a total of three English battlecruisers in the fighting between February 19 and March 18 as well as one submarine in April, which might possibly have been, according to him, HMS E15 of the British Royal Navy.

[clarification needed][1] Cevat Pasha praised Torossian's efforts in the battle and pointed out that the forts under his command were the most effective in sinking British ships.

[1] Enver Pasha also awarded Torossian with Osmanlı Devleti harp madalyası (Ottoman State War Medal).

[1][9] However, the governor of the Kayseri province Salih Zeki Bey, ignored Enver Pasha's orders and continued with the deportation of Torossian's family.

[1][2][3][9][10] In September 1918, during the Battle of Nablus, Sarkis Torossian defected to the British and fought along with Arab rebels against the Ottoman Army.

In 1927, he published his memoirs in Boston called From Dardanelles to Palestine: a true story of five battle fronts of Turkey which describes his life and achievements in detail.

Sarkis Torossian died on October 17, 1954, in Bronx, New York at the age of 63 and is buried at the Arlington Cemetery in Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania.

A document signed by Enver Pasha related to the award bestowed by him to Torossian.
Sarkis Torossian (on the left) encounters his sister Bayzar in the Arabian desert near Tel-Halaf