Bullet used during heroic battles of Hadjin in 1920.
The 19-year-old nurse named Aguline Tatulyan acted also as a soldier during those fateful days: sheengaged in battles for survival in parallel with males against the Turkish army which was several
times larger. During one of the regular battles a bullet from a Turkish weapon penetrated the body of Siruhi Grqasharyan standing in front of her and coming out of her body got stuck in Aguline’s left rib bone. The girl got wounded but few hours later rejoined her fellows-in-arms and continued the heavy battles.
On a number of occasions Aguline Tatulyan appeared in the centre of fights, resisted the enemy and on 14-15 October 1920 — on the fatal day of fall of Hadjin, she had a narrow escape.
Aguline is one of the seven female relics having survived during the heroic battles of Hadjin of 1920. Several years later Aguline settled in Lebanon, then in Greece and thereafter in USA. Before her death she made a will with a request to undergo a medical surgery, to take out the bullet from her body and send it to the Nor Hadjin Museum as a relic. Once she said: “I will not go to my grave with a Turkish bullet”. Her wish has been fulfilled. Currently the bullet is introduced at the exhibition.
This story was told by grandchildren and great-grandchildren of Aguline, who regularly visit the Museum from USA and Canada every year, as well as recall their hero grandmother by being photographed next to the bullet.