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*[[Udi Hrant Kenkulian]], Turkish classical musician
*[[Ara Güler]], photographer
*[[Ara Güler]], photographer

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Armenians in Istanbul
Total population
50,000-70,000[1][2]
Languages
Turkish (majority), Western Armenian (minority)[3][4]
Religion
Armenian Apostolic Church (Armenian Patriarchate of Constantinople), Armenian Catholic Church, and Armenian Evangelical
An Armenian couple in Constantinople at the early 19th Century, by Louis Dupré.
Armenians in Istanbul by years
Year TOTAL Armenians %
1478 [5] 100,000 - 120,000 5,000-6,000 5
1844[6][7] 891,000 222,000 24.9
1880s[7] 250,000
1885[6] 873,565 156,861 17.9%
1913 1,125,000 163,670[8] 14.5%
2011 13,483,052[9] 50,000 - 70,000[10][11][12][13] 0.37-0.51%
2021 15,840,900 50,000 - 70,000[10][11][12][13] 0.31-0.45%

Armenians in Istanbul (Template:Lang-hy; Template:Lang-tr) 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. They constitute the largest Christian and non-Muslim minority in Istanbul, as well as in Turkey.[14][15][16][17][18]

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).[19][20]

The Ottoman Empire's Armenian genocide during World War I began with the deportation of 250 prominent Armenians from Constantinople.[21]

Institutions

At present, the Armenian community in Istanbul has 20 schools (including the Getronagan Armenian High School[22]), 17 cultural and social organizations, three newspapers (Agos, Jamanak, and Marmara), two sports clubs (Şişlispor and Taksimspor),[23] and two health establishments, as well as numerous religious foundations set up to support these activities.[24][25]

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

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Armenians in Istanbul.
  1. ^ Turay, Anna. "Tarihte Ermeniler". Bolsohays: Istanbul Armenians. Archived from the original on 6 December 2006. Retrieved 2007-01-04.
  2. ^ https://ipwr.net/global-voices/armenian-immigrants-hostage-turkish-politics[permanent dead link‍]
  3. ^ Helix Consulting LLC. "Turkologist Ruben Melkonyan publishes book "Review of Istanbul's Armenian community history"". Retrieved 11 June 2015.
  4. ^ UNESCO Culture Sector, UNESCO Interactive Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger, 2009 Archived February 22, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ 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
  6. ^ 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
  7. ^ a b (in Armenian) ՍՏԱՄԲՈՒԼԱՀԱՅ ՀԱՄԱՅՆՔ. ԱՆՑՅԱԼԸ, ՆԵՐԿԱՆ, ԽՆԴԻՐՆԵՐԸ (պատմական ակնարկ)
  8. ^ Justin McCarthy, THE POPULATION OF THE OTTOMAN ARMENIANS
  9. ^ Turkish Statistical Institute: Population of Town Centers and Provinces in Turkey Archived July 8, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
  10. ^ a b Hauer, Neil (April 23, 2019). "100 years after genocide, Armenians in Turkey revive their identity". The World. Archived from the original on 23 January 2021. ...the small Turkish Armenian community in Istanbul — only about 50,000...
  11. ^ a b "Ամերիկայի Հայկական Համագումարի Երեւանի Ներկայացուցիչ Ալին Օզինեանի Հետ". ragmamoul.net (in Armenian). RAG. 27 April 2017. Archived from the original on 12 August 2020. Տիկ. Օզինեանէն իմացանք, որ ներկայիս Պոլսոյ մէջ կայ մօտաւորապէս 50-60 հազար հայ:
  12. ^ a b Mac Cormaic, Ruadhán (April 27, 2015). "Istanbul's Armenians mark genocide centenary". The Irish Times. Archived from the original on 23 January 2021. ...community of about 60,000 Armenians still living in Istanbul.
  13. ^ a b "Turkey's Armenians 'cannot breathe' as Karabakh rhetoric rages". france24.com. France24. 23 October 2020. Archived from the original on 23 January 2021. Members of roughly 60,000 Armenians based mostly in Istanbul...
  14. ^ 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.
  15. ^ Foreign Ministry: 89,000 minorities live in Turkey Archived 2011-05-20 at the Wayback Machine Today's Zaman
  16. ^ "Armenian in Istanbul: Diaspora in Turkey welcomes the setting of relations and waits more steps from both countries - News - ArmeniaNow.com". armenianow.com. Archived from the original on 2017-01-01. Retrieved 2012-01-17.
  17. ^ The Armenian Church Archived June 14, 2002, at the Wayback Machine
  18. ^ Herzig, Edmund; Kurkchiyan, Marina, eds. (2005). The Armenians: Past and Present in the Making of National Identity. Abingdon, Oxon, Oxford: RoutledgeCurzon. p. 133. ISBN 0203004930.
  19. ^ 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, vol. I, New York: Holmes & Meier
  20. ^ Barsoumian, Hagop (1997), "The Eastern Question and the Tanzimat Era", in Hovannisian, Richard G (ed.), The Armenian People From Ancient to Modern Times, vol. 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
  21. ^ Naimark, Norman M. (2017). Genocide: A World History. New York, NY: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-063771-2. OCLC 960210099.
  22. ^ "Getronagan Armenian High School". Getronagan Armenian High School: Official Website. Retrieved 11 December 2012.
  23. ^ Hrant Dink's club Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine
  24. ^ "Ana Sayfa - T.C. Kültür ve Turizm Bakanlığı". www.kultur.gov.tr.
  25. ^ AFP news agency (Director). Discreet but proud: The Armenians of Istanbul. Event occurs at 10 seconds. Retrieved 2018-05-14.

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