Background
Of Armenian descent, Bedros Keresteciyan was born in Constantinople to a family from Kayseri. His father Krikor was a lumberjack thus giving the last name "Keresteciyan" meaning lumberjack.
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Of Armenian descent, Bedros Keresteciyan was born in Constantinople to a family from Kayseri. His father Krikor was a lumberjack thus giving the last name "Keresteciyan" meaning lumberjack.
Bedros attended the Besiktas Armenian Sibyan school. He then moved to Izmir where he attended the local Mesrobian Armenian School and later attended the local English school. He moved to England where he studied and learned Italian.
After his studies in Turkey, Bedros continued his studies abroad in Paris. When returning to Turkey, Bedros became the manager of the External Communications office until 1880. He became the head journalist of the Tercuman-i Ahval newspaper.
He then became manager of the Translations Office of the Finance Ministry until his death in 1907.