Ferman Toroslar married his wife in 1956 in Diyarbakır. The couple has three children named Gülbenk, Manuk, and Zümrüt, as well as three grandchildren.
Baydzar Toroslar, who had been facing health issues for approximately three years, will be honored with a funeral service on Thursday, April 9, at the St. Vartanantz Armenian Church in New Jersey. The ceremony will begin at 11:00 AM local time. Condolences will be accepted on Wednesday, April 8, between 4:00 PM and 8:00 PM local time at the Joseph Z. Konopka Funeral Home (9046 Palisade Ave, North Bergen, NJ, 07047).
Ferman Toroslar was born in 1936 in the village of Kerho, in the Mutki district of Bitlis. In 1938, as part of the Settlement Law (İskân Kanunu), he was exiled with his family to the village of Kızıltepe in the Osmancık district of Çorum. Due to this forced relocation, the family lived a life of exile under harsh conditions for many years before finally being settled in Kurtalan, Siirt.
Sent to Istanbul in 1954 to find work, Ferman Toroslar later married and settled in Diyarbakır. It was 1959 when the entire family eventually migrated to Istanbul. Throughout his life, Ferman Toroslar worked various jobs, including shepherding, street vending, and shopkeeping, to persevere. The family permanently settled in the United States 14 years ago.
As Agos, we express our deepest condolences and wish patience to the Toroslar family.
(See also: Ferman Toroslar’s ‘Exile’: The Story of All the Marginalized – Karin Karakaşlı)
