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 pen name 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.{{cite web}}: 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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