Mihran Apikyan

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. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-02-04. Retrieved 2015-05-25.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. "Özel Getronagan Ermeni Lisesi". getronagan.k12.tr. Retrieved 2017-01-27.
  5. Kevork Pamukciyan, Osman Köker, "Ermeni Kaynaklarından Tarihe Katkılar", Istanbul, 2003.
  6. Grotke, K.L.; Prutsch, M.J. (2014). Constitutionalism, Legitimacy, and Power: Nineteenth-Century Experiences. OUP Oxford. p. 372. ISBN 9780191034718. Retrieved 2017-01-27.
  7. Apikyan, M. (1890). Zübde-i nahv-i osmanî. Nişan Berberyan Matbaası. Retrieved 2017-01-27.
  8. Diyanet Vakfı İslam Ansiklopedisi
  9. Ansiklopedisi, D.V.İ. (2004). 32 (El-MÜNCİD). Retrieved 2017-01-27.
  10. Cunbur, M.; Kaya, D.; Millı̂ Kütüphane (Turkey) (1990). Türkiye basmaları toplu kataloğu: Arap harfli̇ Türkçe eserler (1729-1928). Milli Kütüphane Basımevi. ISBN 9789751708137. Retrieved 2017-01-27.


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