Armenians in Istanbul

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Armenians in Istanbul
Total population
70,000-170,000[1]
Languages
Armenian, Turkish
Religion
Armenian Apostolic Church (Armenian Patriarchate of Constantinople), Armenian Catholic Church
An Armenian couple in Constantinople at the early 19th Century, by Louis Dupré.
Armenians in Istanbul by years
Year TOTAL Armenians %
1478 [2] 100,000 - 120,000 5,000-6,000 5
1844[3][4] 891,000 222,000 24.9
1880s[4] 250,000
1885[3] 873,565 156,861 17.9%
1913 1,125,000 163,670[5] 14.5%
2011 13,483,052[6] 50,000 - 70,000 .3-.5%
2015 13,483,052 170,000 1.1%

Armenians in Istanbul (Armenian: Պոլսահայեր, romanized: Bolsahayer; Turkish: İstanbul Ermenileri) are a major part of the Turkish Armenian community and historically one of the largest ethnic minorities of Istanbul, Turkey. The city is often referred to as Bolis (Պոլիս) by Armenians, which is derived from the ending of the historical name of the city Constantinople.

Today, most estimations put the number of Armenian-Turkish Citizens in Istanbul at 50,000, 60,000 or 70,000.[7][8][9][10][11]

History[]

The Armenian community was made up of three religious denominations: Armenian Catholic, Armenian Protestant, and Armenian Apostolic, the Church of the vast majority of Armenians. The wealthy, Constantinople-based Amira class, a social elite whose members included the Duzians (Directors of the Imperial Mint), the Balyans (Chief Imperial Architects) and the Dadians (Superintendent of the Gunpowder Mills and manager of industrial factories).[12][13]

Institutions[]

At present, the Armenian community in Istanbul has 20 schools, 17 cultural and social organizations, three newspapers called Agos, Jamanak and Marmara, two sports clubs, named and Taksimspor,[14] and two health establishments as well as numerous religious foundations set up to support these activities.[15][16]

Getronagan Armenian High School is in Istanbul.[17]

Notable Armenians from Istanbul[]

The following is the list of prominent Armenians who either were born in Istanbul (Constantinople) or have worked there.

Ottoman era (before 1923)
See also: List of Ottoman Armenians
Republican era (1923–present)
See also: List of Turkish Armenians

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ https://ipwr.net/global-voices/armenian-immigrants-hostage-turkish-politics[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ The Armenian People from Ancient to Modern Times: Foreign dominion to statehood : the fifteenth century to the twentieth century; Volume 2 of The Armenian People from Ancient to Modern Times, Richard G. Hovannisian, Palgrave Macmillan, 2004. ISBN 978-1-4039-6636-0
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b (in Armenian) Nicholas Adontz, «Հայկական հարցի լուծման շուրջ» [Around solution of the Armenian question], “Publishing house of Yerevan State University”, Yerevan, 1989, pp.87-88
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b (in Armenian) ՍՏԱՄԲՈՒԼԱՀԱՅ ՀԱՄԱՅՆՔ. ԱՆՑՅԱԼԸ, ՆԵՐԿԱՆ, ԽՆԴԻՐՆԵՐԸ (պատմական ակնարկ)
  5. ^ Justin McCarthy, THE POPULATION OF THE OTTOMAN ARMENIANS
  6. ^ Turkish Statistical Institute: Population of Town Centers and Provinces in Turkey Archived July 8, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
  7. ^ AZAD-HYE. "Azad-Hye Middle East Armenian Portal (Turkish Armenians hope for new era)". www.azad-hye.net. Archived from the original on 2014-07-28. Retrieved 2012-01-17.
  8. ^ Foreign Ministry: 89,000 minorities live in Turkey Today's Zaman
  9. ^ "Armenian in Istanbul: Diaspora in Turkey welcomes the setting of relations and waits more steps from both countries - News - ArmeniaNow.com". armenianow.com.
  10. ^ The Armenian Church Archived June 14, 2002, at the Wayback Machine
  11. ^ Edmund Herzig, Marina Kurkchiyan, The Armenians: past and present in the making of national identity, 2005, p. 133
  12. ^ Barsoumian, Hagop (1982), "The Dual Role of the Armenian Amira Class within the Ottoman Government and the Armenian Millet (1750–1850)", in Braude, Benjamin; Lewis, Bernard (eds.), Christians and Jews in the Ottoman Empire: The Functioning of a Plural Society, I, New York: Holmes & Meier
  13. ^ Barsoumian, Hagop (1997), "The Eastern Question and the Tanzimat Era", in Hovannisian, Richard G (ed.), The Armenian People From Ancient to Modern Times, II: Foreign Dominion to Statehood: The Fifteenth Century to the Twentieth Century, New York: St. Martin's, pp. 175–201, ISBN 0-312-10168-6
  14. ^ Hrant Dink's club Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine
  15. ^ "Ana Sayfa - T.C. Kültür ve Turizm Bakanlığı". www.kultur.gov.tr.
  16. ^ AFP news agency (Director). Discreet but proud: The Armenians of Istanbul. Event occurs at 10 seconds. Retrieved 2018-05-14.
  17. ^ "Getronagan Armenian High School". Getronagan Armenian High School: Official Website. Retrieved 11 December 2012.

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