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{{Infobox political party
|name               = Armenian Revolutionary Federation
|native_name        = Հայ Յեղափոխական Դաշնակցութիւն
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|name_lang1         = الاتحاد الثوري الأرمني
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|leader             = [[Tsakig Pakradounian]]
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|founders            = Christapor Mikaelian<br>Stepan Zorian<br>Simon Zavarian
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|slogan             = "Ազատություն կամ մահ"<br>"Freedom or Death"
|founded            = 1890
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|headquarters       = [[Iskenderun]] 
|newspaper          = Yerkir
|student_wing       = [[ARF Student Association]]
|youth_wing         = [[Armenian Youth Federation]]
|wing1_title        = Social Democratic Caucus
|wing1              = [[Armenian Social Democrats of Khatay|Social Democrats]]
|wing2_title        = Marxist-Leninist Caucus
|wing2              = [[Orthodox Revolutionary Order (ARF)|Marxist-Leninists]]
|wing3_title        = Maoist Caucus
|wing3              = [[Armenian Radical Vanguard for Peace and Freedom|Radical Vanguardists]]
|membership_year    = 2010
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|seats1_title       = Seats in the [[National Congress (Khatay)|National Congress]]
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The '''[[Armenian Revolutionary Federation(Khatay)|Armenian Revolutionary Federation]]''' ('''ARF''' or '''ՀՅԴ''') ({{lang-hy|Հայ Յեղափոխական Դաշնակցութիւն}} ''Hay Heghapokhagan Tashnagtsutiun'', {{lang|hy|Դաշնակ}} ''Tashnag'') (in [[Arabic language|Arabic]] الإتحاد الثوري الأرمني - خطاي), also known simply as '''Tashnag''', is an {{wp|Armenians|Armenian}} {{wp|political party}} active in Khatay since the 1940s as an official political party.

The party is considered to have the biggest political support in the [[Armenians in Khatay|Khatayan-Armenian]] community, and is currently part of the official opposition in Khatay.

==History==
The Armenian Revolutionary Federation was founded in {{wp|Tbilisi|Tiflis}} (Tbilisi in modern-day {{wp|Georgia (country)|Georgia}} in 1890 by {{wp|Christapor Mikaelian}}, {{wp|Stepan Zorian}}, and {{wp|Simon Zavarian}}.<ref name="Foundation of the ARF">{{cite web | url= http://www.littlearmenia.com/html/history/detail.asp?id=217| title=Armenian Revolutionary Federation Founded, Armenian history timeline|accessdate=2006-12-25}}</ref>

The party operates in {{wp|Armenia}} and in countries where the {{wp|Armenian diaspora}} is present, notably in [[Khatay]] where the Armenian Revolutionary Federation is considered the strongest political party within the [[Armenians in Khatay|Khatayan-Armenian]] community. The party adheres to {{wp|Democratic socialism}} and is part of the {{wp|Socialist International}}.

==19th century until 1918==
The party became initially active in [[Antakiyah]] during the {{wp|Ottoman Empire}} (end of 19th century and end of World War I) through Armenian students registered to study in Antakiyah's colleges and universities during the Ottoman rule in Khatay. These student organizations were heavily influenced by their counterparts in {{wp|Beirut|Beirut, Lebanon}}

==1940s==

==1920s to Independence==
The party also gained many members with the increasing waves of Armenian immigrants flooding through Khatay to be closer to the Armenian safe-haven in Lebanon during the early 1920s fleeing the {{wp|Armenian Genocide}} during {{wp|World War One}}.

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==1950s and the Era of Dictatorship==
After the death of Catholicos of the {{wp|Holy See of Cilicia}} {{wp|Karekin I (Cilicia)|Karekin I}} in 1952, the seat in Antelias remained vacant for nearly four years. In 1956, Archbishop Zareh  Payaslian was consecrated Catholicos of Cilicia as {{wp|Zareh I}} despite the opposition of {{wp|Catholicos of All Armenians|Catholicos of Echmiadzin of All Armenians}} Catholicos {{wp|Vazgen I}} who refused to recognize his authority considering Zareh I's choice as partisan. This controversy greatly polarized the Armenian community of Khatay. When the regime of the Khtayan President [[Name]] officially came out in support of Zareh I served to polarize the situation further.

==Turkish Intervention==

==Khatayan Civil War==

==Reconstruction Era==

==1990s to the Present==

==See also==
*[[Armenian Revolutionary Federation]]