Mihran Apikyan

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Mihran Apikyan (Armenian: Միհրան Աբիկյան; 1855, Istanbul - 1938, Istanbul) was an Armenian and Turkish writer and educator of Armenian descent. He is also known as Mihran Efendi (before the Surname Law) and with his literary nom de plume Mihrî.[1] He is accredited for introduction European styled educational methods in the Ottoman Turkish educational system.[2]

Life and teaching career

Of Armenian descent, Mihran Efendi was born in Samatya.[3] In 1873 he was appointed as a teacher of Ottoman Turkish to the Sahakyan Mektebi, a local Armenian school at his neighborhood. He also worked at the Getronagan Armenian High School.[4]

Apikyan has written around 30 books to about Turkish language and culture.[5] He also wrote an Armenian-Turkish dictionary.[6]

Works

  • Zübde-i nahv-i osmanî (Nişan Berberyan Matbaası, 1890)[7]
  • Tatbikat-ı Münşeat (Istanbul, Rumi 1306)[8][9]
  • İksir-i Elifbayı Osmaniyye (a book on the Ottoman Alphabet), Latürkî printhouse, Istanbul, 1297 (1881)[10]

References

  1. ^ Kevork Pamukciyan, "Biyografileriyle Ermeniler" (En: Armenian Biographies), Aras Yayınevi (Editorial Aras), Istanbul, 2003, p. 26
  2. ^ Etmekjian, Lillian K. (Summer 1976). "Armenian Cultural and Political Contributions to Reform in Turkey". Armenian Review. 29 (2): 174. Armenians helped improve Turkish education by preparing the first Turkish textbooks according to new European methods. Mihran Apigian alone is credited with the preparation of fifty textbooks.
  3. ^ http://www.aku.edu.tr/AKU/DosyaYonetimi/SOSYALBILENS/tezler/turkdili/0623/0024.pdf
  4. ^ http://www.getronagan.k12.tr/tr/kurumsal/tarihce
  5. ^ Kevork Pamukciyan, Osman Köker, "Ermeni Kaynaklarından Tarihe Katkılar", Istanbul, 2003.
  6. ^ https://books.google.com.tr/books?id=hHjOBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA372&dq=mihran+apikyan&hl=tr&sa=X&ei=8naMVbnlF-SBywPV74jYAw&ved=0CDgQ6AEwBg#v=onepage&q=mihran%20apikyan&f=false
  7. ^ https://books.google.com.tr/books?id=eG1QkgAACAAJ&dq=mihran+apikyan&hl=tr&sa=X&ei=GeRaVdDRK8v_UvnqgagD&ved=0CCAQ6AEwAQ
  8. ^ Diyanet Vakfı İslam Ansiklopedisi
  9. ^ https://books.google.com.tr/books?id=vsxKCQAAQBAJ&pg=PT54&dq=mihran+apikyan&hl=tr&sa=X&ei=GeRaVdDRK8v_UvnqgagD&ved=0CC0QuwUwAw#v=onepage&q=mihran%20apikyan&f=false
  10. ^ https://books.google.com.tr/books?id=FzPgAAAAMAAJ&q=mihran+apikyan&dq=mihran+apikyan&hl=tr&sa=X&ei=GeRaVdDRK8v_UvnqgagD&ved=0CCYQ6AEwAg


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