You argued in your previous letter that Armenians are not convinced by the Turkish argument, because they had witnessed the "Ottoman abuse" and "Genocide" first hand. Though the 1915 events cannot be named as ’genocide’, of course there are many people who experienced difficult times among the Armenians. However the second and third generation Armenians in the diaspora never experienced the 1915 Events, almost all of these people have never been to Turkey and almost all them have never met a Turkish man or woman. Ironically many Armenians who experienced the Ottoman rule spook Turkish language, most of them lived like a typchical Turkish family in their houses. They missed Turkey and Turkish way of life, and when they met a Turkish abroad, they hugged their old ’neighbors’, and even some of them confessed that ‘’some Armenians’ made great mistakes to the Ottoman State.

It is ironic that the second and third generation Armenians’ hate is greater than the first generation Armenians’. The new generation Armenians created a ’monster’ called ‘Turk’. When an Armenian in Armenia or in the diaspora says ‘Turk’ or ‘Turkish’ he/she does not mean a name of a nation or a group of people. As a matter of fact that diaspora Armenians do not want to meet with a real Turkish, and they do not want to establish dialogue with the Turkish people. They do not want a real and constructive dialogue, because confronting the ’real Turk’ would destroy all the Armenian identities in the diaspora. What would left from an Armenian  if he/she does not hate from the Turks? What unite the millions of Armenians in the diaspora except the hate against the ‘terrible Turk’? However they should understand that there is no ‘terrible Turk’…

Turks are not the monsters as you created in your thinkings. Turks and Armenians are the most similar peoples in the world. Both listen the same melodies, they eat almost the same food, both think in a similar way etc. If, for instance, I do not say that ‘I am a Turkish’ no Armenian could guess my race… We did not only share the same territories, but the same fate. The only difference between us is that you left these territories, but we stayed here. We the Turks also experienced the tragedy, we died, and we killed. You have forgotten that you killed, Armenians remember just their pains. We, as the Turks tried to forget all bad memories to establish a bright future for Turks and Armenians. I understand both of them, Turks and Armenians, because I still live here. I can easily see the hate in your eyes, how you suffer in defining your Armenianness in diaspora, why you hate etc. Turkish people passed all this process decades ago. We wanted to forget all the pains and hates. Otherwise the Turkish people were not able to establish a state, not able to survive too. The Armenians chose a different way, they preferred to remember and to maintain all the pains alive. They encouraged their youth to continue to kill and to take revenge from their former neigbours. They declared war, and they started a terror campaign while Mustafa Kemal made all of the possible efforts to establish friendly relations with the Greeks, Armenians and with all the neighbors in a short time after the great war. He knew that Turkey needed its neighbors to establish a common future. Unfortunately Armenians lost their own state in revenge campaigns and the weak  Armenian Republic was occupied and Armenians more suffered under the Russian rule. Thanks God, the USSR collapsed and the Armenians established another independent Republic in 1991. But they still focused on the hate against the neighbors, they once more wanted more territories instead of more friends in the region.

WRITING A NEW HISTORY

All nations somehow rewrite their past and the world’s history. All nations blame the others and praise itself. However the real leaders and real intellectuals are aware of that the facts and fabricated-history. Great nations can confront with their own pasts, their mistakes and crimes. They can criticize their past, and the real leaders and real intellectuals focus on future co-operations, not obsessed with the past mistakes. The problem with the Armenian ‘nation’ is that the Armenians have no real leaders and enough brave-heart intellectuals. The Armenian ‘leaders’ have always encouraged the hate between Turkish and Armenian people. They said “kill, take revenge, put a bomb’ etc. They declared wars. I have never read a book or an article making self-critics about the Armenian revenge and terrorism policies in the past. There is no Armenian who questions the 1915 Events in a different way. If you are Armenian in the diaspora or in Armenia, you cannot think differently about the 1915 events. This is strange for me, because Anatolia is a place of diversity and pluralism. One may find all the diverse ideas in Turkish academia, media and politics even on the Armenian issue. You post me the ‘pro-Armenian’ Turkish articles. I am aware of all them and it is very easy to find more radical papers everyday. No one could guess a Turk’s ideas on Armenian issue before discussing the matter with him/her. That’s the difference between a Turkish and an Armenian. So I am not representing all the Turkish people on this issue. Of course majority of the Turkish people think as I do, but even there are differences between these people too.

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You remind me one of Turgut Ozal’s speeches. Actually a very bad example. Turgut Ozal was the most liberal and brave-hearted Turkish leader in history. He even once said that “let’s recognise what the Armenians say. Both peoples should not lose time and energy because of a useless debate on the past”. He has no problem with the Armenians though he never accepted the Armenian allegations. His problem was with the current problems and Mr. Ozal made enormous efforts to establish diplomatic and other connections with the young Armenian Republic . Turkey was one of the first states who recognised the Armenian Republic . But when Armenia occupied the neighboring Azerbaijan’s territories and attacked the Nakhcivan region near Turkish borders Ozal had no choice.

We should understand that if Armenians can not accept Ozal and Tayyip Erdogan policies they have no chance in solving the ‘Armenian Problem’, because the history will not see more ’pro-Armenian Turkish leader’ in future. And if you have problem with Mr. Ozal and Mr. Erdogan, it means that Armenians do not live in a real world.

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I do agree with Mr. Saydali. “He who lives by the sword, must be prepared to die by the sword.” If you attack a nation, they would attack you too. This is a basic rule of the world.

The Armenians have undermined the Turkish interests for the decades. The Armenian lobbies in the US and in Western Europe have joined all anti-Turkish blocks. They supported the PKK terrorism, they made co-operation with the anti-Turkish Greek campaigns etc. Turkey has always confronted the Armenians almost in all anti-Turkish campaigns and policies (not only in the Armenian issues). And Armenian terrorism massacred many distinguished Turkish diplomats and citizens during the 1970s and 1980s. None of the victims had any connection with the Armenian issue. Even some of the Turkish diplomats killed by the Armenians had no idea about the Armenians. The Armenian terrorists also killed their wife and children. If the diplomats were not the Turkish but Americans, I am sure that the Washington too would have used ‘sword’. And now, Azerbaijani territories have been under the Armenian occupation. Remember Hocali, do not just remember the 1915. It was just a decade ago, not almost a century ago.

If Armenians occupy neighboring countries, if they threaten their neighbors, they can never expect friendly responses from the neigbours. Mr. Saydali reminds Inonu, Sakarya, Izmir etc. In Inonu, Sakarya and Izmir clashes Turkish people defended their independence. Greeks occupied the Western Anatolia and they were forced by the Turkish people to leave the Turkish motherland. In the Cyprus case, Turkey did not occupy the whole of the island but saved the Turkish Cypriots. Thanks to the Turkish Peace Operation, no one has been injured since the Peace Operation of 1974 in Cyprus. You blame Mr. Saydali’s understanding and you imply that the real source of the ‘monster Turk’ image is the Turkish threats. If it was so, Americans would be the monster not the Turks. Turkey has never occupied any country in the 20^th century. Turkey has never declared war against any nation during the Republican era (except the Cyprus Peace Operation and United Nations operations). Turkey has never threatened the Armenians too. Turkey has never attacked the Armenians in the Republican era. On the other hand Armenians massacred Turkish diplomats and other Turkish representatives. Armenians also attacked number of Turkish companies and embassies abroad. Armenians have threatened the Turkish people. Moreover Armenians are talking about ‘occupying the Eastern Turkey territories’, Armenians accuse the Turkish people of coming the most terrible crime: genocide. In addition, Armenia does not recognise Turkey’s’s and Azerbaijan’s national borders.

And you could speak about so-called ‘Turkish threats’ against the Armenians.

I think Armenians should look at the mirror first before blaming the others. ‘Armenian genocide allegations are considered as an insult by the Turkish people. Turkish people perceive the accusations as a matter of honor. And Turkish people do not threaten the Armenian people or Armenia. Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan invites Armenian President to Turkey, he offers to establish a joint commission do discuss the historical disputes, he and many other Turkish politicians offer dialogue to the Armenians. Turkey does not speak about war or conflict. Turkey has recently made enormous effort to stop Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict too. But at the same time it should be noted that if one attacks the others, he/she may find attacks too. If one wants friendly relations, he/she should be a real friend. By the way, it is really difficult to me why the Armenians are so sensitive on Turkey-Greek relations but show a great indifference on Occupied Azerbaijani territories and Armenian massacres against the Turkish diplomats. Armenians now say nothing about Armenian terrorism. Armenia and many Armenians even support the terrorists and name the terrorist ’hero’.

NEEDED ENEMY

Against the claim of that Armenians in the diaspora needed to create enemy to unite the Armenians in the United States, Canada , Europe and other countries you say that “The Armenians who survived in the past 5000 years do not need a common enemy for their solidarity.” Please remember Armenians did not live in the United States or in the  Western Europe for 5.000 years. They lived in the East. When they first came to the US for instance, they were not a part of a strong nation. Even they could not communicate with the other Armenians by Armenian language. Some Armenians were speaking Russian, some other Turkish, and some of them were speaking Arabic or Persian. The strong American or European cultures and languages were open threat to the Armenian culture and existence. Not the Armenian tragedy but the ‘Armenian Genocide Legend’ was created by the political and religious institutions to save the Armenian identity in the ‘new world’. The Armenians created a world based on hate against the ‘Turkish monster’. There was no strong Turkish society in the North America at that time, and lack of Turkish opposition made creating a past easier for the Armenian immigrants. They belived in what they said. Now the Turks oppose the Armenian claims. And the Armenian Diaspora perceives the Turkish opposition as matter of insult. Because they created a ‘religion’ and they cannot make any discussion on the matter. Because even discussing the matter is considered a sin by the Armenian Genocide ‘Faith’. Armenians in Diaspora see the Armenian issue as a matter faith, not a matter of politics or history. It is true it was a common experience shared by the “Survivors” and their offspring. However today’s hate is not based on the experiences but the fabricated biases.

MASSACRE AND GENOCIDE

Armenians resist to understand that the Turks also suffered a lot and Turkish people have no problem in accepting the Armenian tragedy and massacres in the past. Yes, it is a fact, many Armenians were killed or massacred by the Kurdish, Cechens or Turkish individuals or groups as the Armenians killed or massacred them. The matter is that these events cannot be named as ‘genocide’. Genocide is a legal term and all kind of killings cannot be called as genocide. If so, there are many genocides against the Turkish nation in history. Turkish people do not deny any truth but they deny the ‘Armenian insults’. And we should remember that there is no universally accepted ‘Armenian genocide’. Armenian political groups manipulate the domestic politics of the Western countries in this issue. The French Parliament for example accepted the Armenian allegations in session which very small group attended. The Armenian diaspora makes impact on the French media and the Armenian French journalists write the anti-Turkish articles in the French papers to manipulate the French politics. Turkey and the Turkish people in the West did not give strong response to the Armenian lobbying activities in the past. However now the situation has been changing. The Turkish diaspora is now stronger and oppose the Armenian claims. The problem is that the Armenians just accuse the Turks of being denier instead of establishing a real dialogue. The accusations cause defences in the Turkish side.
 
ENVER AND CEMAL PASHAS

Personally I do not agree with the Ittihad’s policies. Cemal, Enver, Talat and his friends were so utopian and romantic. They caused the collapse of the Ottoman State . They made great mistakes, yet I know that they did not make genocide.

I agree with you, Turkey needs to question its past, ant it tries its best in recent years. There is no one voice in history debates in Turkey. Diversity on historical matters is beyond what you can expect from the Turkish people. The problem is that the Armenians show no similar effort. They just blame and accuse. That’s why the Armenians are like a one single block in this issue.

NOTHING LEGITIMATES INSULTS

In your letter you try to legitimate the Armenian insults to me and to the Turkish people. This is not a right and a nice way. Nothing legitimates insults. Insult is not only an ethical problem, but also a legal problem. You cannot insult anybody. I do not insult anyone. I do not force anyone to think like me. You can believe in ‘genocide stories’, you can blame me. Free world. All are your choices. But, you have to accept that we, the Turks, have freedom of speech too. And when you accuse me of committing the most horrible crime in the world, I have all the rights to defend myself without insulting anyone. And I do not accept your accuses. Even if your parents experienced a real tragedy in the Anatolian territories, and even if my parents killed your parents, you have no right to insult me. There are local, national and international courts, Turkey is member of Council of Europe and recognized all the individual rights to apply the European courts. The local Turkish courts are also open to the Armenians and others. You may apply to American or any other courts too. And imagine, can I insult you because of that you and the majority of the Armenian people do not condemn the Armenian terrorism during the 1970s and 1980s and the current Armenian Occupation in Azerbaijan. Many Turkish diplomats were massacred by the Armenian terrorists and most of them were declared ‘hero’ by the Armenian State and community. Do I have the right to insult you?

I can just criticize your attitude. I strongly condemn the Armenian community for terrorism, yet I cannot insult, and I do not insult. Supporting terrorism is a grave mistake and I see no difference between the ASALA and Usame Bin Laden men. And we should also note that the latest genocide in the recent years was Hocali Genocide. The innocent civilians were genocided in by the Armenian forces; and the Western media, including The Economist, the NYT and many others, pictured and documented the genocide. The Armenians are now silent about their killings. They say nothing about the Hocali Genocide, yet they can remember the events happened almost a century ago.

You can make terrorism, you may kill innocent diplomats, you may massacre families of innocent Turkish diplomats, Tashnaks have all the right to kill the high-ranked Ottoman statesmen in the name of ‘revenge’, you can insult me, you can set fire American and Turkish professors’ houses because they do not agree with you; you can make genocide in Hocali, you do not have to remember at least 520.000 Turkish and Kurdish civilians killed by the armed Armenians during the First World War, you have all the rights to occupy almost 20 percent of your neighbor Azerbaijan; you can claim territories from Turkey, Azerbaijan and Georgia; you have all the right not to recognise international borders; you can make anti-Turkish lobbying in the US and elsewhere; you have the right to undermine all the Turkish interests abroad; you can make films showing Turkish people barbarians etc., but we can do nothing. We, the poor Turks, have to be silence. We have no rights to question what you argue. We have to accept what you say. You can kill us, you can blame us, but we cannot give any response. Otherwise you call us ‘denier’.

HRANT DINK

You remind me the Hrant Dink case. He was given a six-month suspended sentence. But I am sure that Dink will remain in Turkey and will never go to other countries to live because he knows that Turkey is more democratic and he can defend what he thinks in Turkey. It is true we still have problems in implementation of the new laws, yet Turkish institutions show real progress while the Armenians are still in the same position for the last decades. The court’s verdict was not shared by the Turkish media and majority of the Turkish people, including Prime Minister Erdogan and by many Turkish Cabinet members. If Dink was in Armenia, he could not speak anything different about the Armenian issue, but the official propaganda.

ARMENIAN CHURCHES

You argue that only 6 Armenian churches left in Turkey, and only one of them is functioning in the eastern Turkey. First of all you call eastern Turkish provinces ‘Armenian vilayets’ and ‘Ermenistan’ (Armenia). This is not a friendly approach. If you say Turkish provinces are Armenia, one day Turkish people may say that “there is no Armenia and Armenian Republic is not a legitimate state.”

There is no end in such aggressive and provocative debates.

There are many churches in the Eastern region of Turkey, particularly in the Mardin province. I don’t know the real figure but Armenians can find a church to pray in every main cities. The problem is that the number of Armenians is very small and they cannot finance a church or a school in this region. The obstacle is not the law or the governmental restrictions.

If a Turkish Armenian wants to establish a church there is no restriction. Americans, Europeans and even Korean missionaries now establish their own churches even at the heart of Turkey, in Ankara. Missionary activities right now in Turkey is very high. I mean the Armenian population in the mentioned region is not enough to establish many churches. In Istanbul there are about 100,000 Armenians. They have many schools and churches. We met with the Patrick Mesrop II last year and he complained about the Istanbul Armenians. They do not send their children to the Armenian schools and the voluntary assimilation is at the level of real risk. The mixed marriage in particular threatens the existence of Armenian people in Turkey.

You claim there are just 6 churches in Istanbul . However the Armenian Church does not confirms you. If you visit http://www.hyetert.com/rehber.asp site you will see that someone deceives you. The list of the Armenian Churches under the Istanbul Armenian Patriarchate rule:

(Armenian Churches in Istanbul)

1. Bolge - Eski İstanbul (First Region, Old İstanbul): - Surp Asdvadzadzin Patriklik Kilisesi
Şarapnel Sok No 3, 34480 Kumkapı
Tel : (0212) 5162517, Fax : (0212) 5172614
- Surp Kevork Ermeni Kilisesi
Marmara Cad No 79, 34310 K.M.Paşa
Tel : (0212) 5850193
- Surp Hagop Ermeni Kilisesi
Kırımlı Aziz Sok No 16, Altımermer
Tel : (0212) 5883417
- Surp Sarkis Anıt Mezar şapeli
Silivrikapı Yolu No 8, Balıklı
Tel : (0212) 5826600
- Surp Harutyun Ermeni Kilisesi
Çakmak Taşı Sok No 35, 34490 Kumkapı
Tel : (0212) 5172301
- Surp Hovhannes Ermeni Kilisesi
Sarayiçi Sok No 7, 34490 Gedikpaşa
Tel : (0212) 5178078
- Surp TateosPartoğomeos Ermeni Kilisesi
Alboyacılar Sok No 57, 34300 Yenikapı
Tel : (0212) 5300695
- Surp Hovhannes Ermeni Kilisesi
Narlıkapı Cad No 150, 34310 Narlıkapı
Tel : (0212) 5859341, (0212) 5858867
- Surp Nigoğayos Ermeni Kilisesi
Posta Yolu Cad No 159, 34270 Topkapı
Tel : (0212) 5236582
- Surp Pırgiç Ermeni Kilisesi
Ermeni Hastanesi, 34760 Yedikule
Tel : (0212) 5825050
- Surp Asdvadzadzin Ermeni Kilisesi
Ebuzziya Cad No 34, 34710 Bakırköy
Tel : (0212) 5716575

 

2. Bölge - Boğaz’ın Avrupa Yakası (Second Region: The European bank of the Bosphorus): - Surp Istepanos Ermeni Kilisesi
İnci Çiçeği Sok No 4, 34800 Yeşilköy
Tel : (0212) 5730243
- Surp Hıreşdagabed Ermeni Kilisesi
Kamış Sok No 2, 34220 Balat
Tel : (0212) 5216960
- Surp Yeğya Ermeni Kilisesi
Karayel Sok No 16, Eyüp
Tel : (0212) 5651990
- Surp Asdvadzadzin Ermeni Kilisesi
Kanun Sok No 5, Eyüp
Tel : (0212) 5768118
- Surp Istepanos Ermeni Kilisesi
Kemeraltı Sakızcılar Sok No 3, Karaköy
Tel : (0212) 2925762
- Surp Krikor Lusavoriç Ermeni Kilisesi
Kemeraltı Sakızcılar Sok No 3, Karaköy
Tel : (0212) 2925762
- Surp Yerrortutyun Ermeni Kilisesi
Sahne Sok No 24Ğ1, 80070 Galatasaray
Tel : (0212) 2441382, (0212) 2933181
- Surp Harutyun Ermeni Kilisesi
Meşelik Sok No 34, 80060 Taksim
Tel : (0212) 2498296
- Surp Vartanants Ermeni Kilisesi
Şahadet Sok No 13, 80250 Feriköy
Tel : (0212) 2482913, (0212) 2473464
- Surp Asdvadzadzin Ermeni Kilisesi
İlhan Sok No 20, 80690 Beşiktaş
Tel : (0212) 2618517
- Surp Asdvadzadzin Ermeni Kilisesi
Cibinlik Sok No 5, 80840 Ortaköy
Tel : (0212) 2607921, (0212) 2603016
- Yerevman Surp Haç Ermeni Kilisesi
Kırbaç Sok No 47-49, 80820 Kuruçeşme
Tel : (0212) 2655641
- Surp Santuht Ermeni Kilisesi
Durmuş Dede Sok No 8, 80830 Rumelihisar
Tel : (0212) 2577201
- Surp Yerits Mangants Ermeni Kilisesi
Aktar Apti Sok No 2Ğ1, 80850 Boyacıköy
Tel : (0212) 2775560
- Surp Asdvadzadzin Ermeni Kilisesi
Salih Ağa Sok No 19, Yeniköy
Tel : (0212) 2624870
- Surp Hripsimyants Ermeni Kilisesi
Çayırbaşı Sok No 52, 80890 Büyükdere
Tel : (0212) 2422366

3. Bölge - Boğazın Anadolu Yakası (The Anatolian Bank of the Bosphorus) - Surp Takavor Ermeni Kilisesi
Muvakkithane Cad No 44/1, 81300 Kadıköy
Tel : (0216) 3360166
- Surp Haç Ermeni Kilisesi
Selamsız, Kozanoğlu Sok No 3, 81140 Üsküdar
Tel : (0216) 3330250
- Surp Garabet Ermeni Kilisesi
Bağlarbaşı, Yeni Mahalle Vasiyet Sok No 6, 81140 Üsküdar
Tel : (0216) 3333819
- Surp Krikor Lusavoriç Ermeni Kilisesi
Çarşı Cad No 49, Kuzguncuk
Tel : (0216) 3415002
- Surp Yergodasan Arakelots Ermeni Kilisesi
Kurtbağrı Sok No 17, 81620 Kandilli
Tel : (0216) 3320249
- Surp Nigoğayos Ermeni Kilisesi
Mehmet Yavuz Cad No 14, 80650 Beykoz
Tel : (0216) 3310905
- Surp Nışan Ermeni Kilisesi
Soğanlık Sok No 6, 81140 Kartal
Tel : (0216) 3741412

4. Bölge – Adalar (Armenian Churches in Istanbul Islands) - Surp Krikor Lusavoriç Ermeni Kilisesi
Akgünlük Sok No 8, 81360 Kınalıada
Tel : (0216) 3814214

5. Bölge - Anadolu Ermeni Kiliseleri (Churches in Anatolia) - Surp Krikor Lusavoriç Ermeni Kilisesi
Cafer Bey Mah, Yeni Sok No 5, Kayseri
Tel : (0352) 3302608
- Surp Giragos Ermeni Kilisesi
Yenikapı Cad Göçmen Sok Diyarbakır
Tel : (0412) 2211819
- Surp Sarkis Ermeni Kilisesi
- Surp Hagop şapeli
- Surp Kevork Ermeni Kilisesi
Kale Mahallesi, 47801 Derik, Mardin
- Surp Karasun Manuk Ermeni Kilisesi
52 Sokak No 4, 31201 İskenderun, Hatay
Tel : (0326) 6172614, (0326) 6139240
- Surp Krikor Lusavoriç Kilisesi
Kırıkhan, Hatay
Tel : (0326) 3441020
- Surp Asdvadzadzin Ermeni Kilisesi
Vakıflıköy, Samandağ, Hatay
Tel : (0326) 5261139

6. Bölge - Girit Adası (Crete Island, Greece) - Armenian Church of St. John the Baptist.
Iraklion-CRETE
Tel : (+30-81) 28-6224, (+30-81) 28-8593.

And the list of the Armenian schools in Turkey:

- Aramyan-Uncuyan Ermeni İlköğretim (Primary) Okulu (anaokul ilköğretim)
Leylek Sok. No. 3, 81300 Kadıköy
Tel : (0216) 3361598
- Bezciyan Ermeni İlköğretim Okulu (anaokul ilköğretim)
Şarapnel Sok. No. 1, 34480 Kumkapı
Tel : (0212) 5170948
- Bomonti Ermeni İlköğretim Okulu (anaokul ilköğretim)
İzzetpaşa Sok. No. 45, Bomonti
Tel : (0212) 2478598
- Dadyan Ermeni İlköğretim Okulu (anaokul ilköğretim)
Ebuzziya Cad. No. 34/1, 34720 Bakırköy
Tel : (0212) 5716077
- Esayan Ermeni Lisesi (anaokul ilköğretimhazırlıklise)
Meşelik Sok. No. 34, 80060 Taksim
Tel : (0212) 2435016
- Getronagan Ermeni Lisesi (hazırlıklise)
Kemeraltı, Sakızcılar Sok. No:19, 80030 Karaköy
Tel : (0212) 2440503, (0212) 2430259 Fax : (0212) 2510514
- KalfayanCemaran İlköğretim Okulu (anaokul ilköğretim)
Toprak Yol Sok. No. 28, Altunizade, Üsküdar
Tel : (0216) 4929781, (0216) 3330677 Fax : (0216) 3330256
- Karagözyan İlköğretim Okulu (anaokul ilköğretim)
Abidei Hürriyet Cad. No. 228, Şişli
Tel : (0212) 2480074
- Kocamustafapaşa Anarat Hığutyun Ermeni İlköğretim Okulu (anaokul ilköğretim)
Işkırlak Sok. No. 18, Kocamustafapaşa
Tel : (0212) 5851160
- Levon Vartuhyan Ermeni İlköğretim Okulu (anaokul ilköğretim)
Emin Molla Sok. No. 6, 34270 Topkapı
Tel : (0212) 5319891, (0212) 5322237
- Merametciyan Ermeni İlköğretim Okulu (anaokul ilköğretim)
Çobanoğlu Sok. No. 416, 80250 Feriköy
Tel : (0212) 2407814, (0212) 2471042
- Nersesyan-Yermonyan Ermeni İlköğretim Okulu (anaokul ilköğretim)
Hacı Bakkal Sok. No. 39, 81200 Üsküdar
Tel : (0216) 3330389
- Pangaltı Anarat Hığutyun Ermeni İlköğretim Okulu (anaokul ilköğretim)
Ölçek Sok. No. 198, Pangaltı
Tel : (0212) 2405752
- Pangaltı Ermeni İlköğretim Okulu ve Lisesi (anaokul ilköğretimhazırlıklise)
Süleyman Nazif Sok. No. 9, Pangaltı
Tel : (0212) 2466179, (0212) 2480421, (0212) 2477114
- Sahakyan-Nunyan Ermeni Lisesi (anaokul ilköğretimhazırlıklise)
Marmara Cad. No. 55, 34310 K.M. Paşa
Tel : (0212) 5855315, (0212) 5850195
- Surp Haç Ermeni Lisesi (lise)
Ekmekçibaşı Sok. No. 3, Üsküdar
Tel : (0216) 3330307
- Tarkmançats Ermeni İlköğretim Okulu (anaokul ilköğretim)
Taşbasamak Sok. No. 52, 80840 Ortaköy.
Tel : (0212) 2617751
- Yeşilköy Ermeni İlköğretim Okulu (anaokul ilköğretim)
Köyiçi Huban Sok. No. 6, 34800 Yeşilköy
Tel : (0212) 5738913.

* Armenian Foundations and Other Institutions in Turkey:

- Surp Pırgiç Ermeni Hastanesi (Hospital)
34780 Yedikule
Tel : (0212) 5825050
- Getronagan Ermeni Lisesi ve Surp Krikor Lusavoriç Ermeni Kilisesi
Kemeraltı Sakızcılar Sok. No. 19, 80030 Karaköy
Tel : (0212) 2441462
- Surp Haç Ermeni Lisesi (Eski Tıbrevank)
Ekmekçibaşı Sok. No. 3, Üsküdar
Tel : (0216) 3330307
- Kalfayan Yetimhanesi
Toprak Yolu No. 28, Altunizade, Üsküdar
Tel : (0216) 4929781, (0216) 3330677, Fax : (0216) 3330256
- Karagözyan Yetimhanesi
Abide-i Hürriyet Cad. No. 228. Şişli
Tel : (0212) 2480074
- Türkiye Ermeni Azınlık Okulları Öğretmenleri Yardımlaşma Vakfı
Zafer Sok. No. 11-13/2, Pangaltı
Tel : (0212) 2339415, (0212) 2403889
- Dirasular Vakfı
Şarapnel Sok. No. 3, 34480 Kumkapı
Tel : (0212) 5162517
- O. Gümüşyan Vakfı
Şarapnel Sok. 20, 34480 Kumkapı
Tel : (0212) 5170970, (0212) 5170971

- Getronagan Lisesinden Yetişenler Derneği
Harbiye, Prof Celal Öker Sok No 2, 80220 Şişli
Tel : (0212) 2404128
- Esayan Lisesinden Yetişenler Derneği
Billurcu Çıkmazı No 17, 80060 Sıraselviler
Tel : (0212) 2443708
- Surp Haç Tıbrevanktan Yetişenler Derneği
Kennedy Caddesi No 150, Narlıkapı
Tel : (0212) 5858867
- Sahakyan Lisesinden Yetişenler Derneği
Marmara Caddesi No 79, 34310 KMPaşa
Tel : (0212) 5855316
- Pangaltı Lisesinden Yetişenler Derneği
Halaskargazi Caddesi No 132, Pangaltı
Tel : (0212) 2406283
- Bezciyan Okulundan Yetişenler Derneği
Molataşı Caddesi No 36, 34480 Kumkapı
Tel : (0212) 5172635
- Dadyan Okulundan Yetişenler Derneği
Niyazi Bey Sok No 39, Bakırköy
Tel : (0212) 5725522
- Feriköy Okulundan Yetişenler Derneği
Şehadet Sok No 46, 80250 Feriköy
Tel : (0212) 2466055
- Aramyan Okulundan Yetişenler Derneği
Karakol Sok No 8Ğ1 Kadıköy
Tel : (0216) 3360790
- Boğosyan-Varvaryan Okulundan Yetişenler Derneği
Çakmaktaşı Sok No 33, Kumkapı
Tel : (0212) 5226837
- Yeşilköy Ermeni Okulundan Yetişenler Derneği
Çardaklı Sok No 4, Yeşilköy
Tel : (0212) 5743923
- Karagözyan Okulundan Yetişenler Derneği
Abide-i Hürriyet Caddesi No 228/1, Şişli
Tel : (0212) 2467357
- Semerciyan Cemaran Nersesyan Yermonyan Derneği
Muradiye Mektep Sok. No:19
Bağlarbaşı/Üsküdar
Tel:(0216) 342 77 66
Fax: (0216) 342 77 23
- Türkiye Ermeni Azınlık Okulları Öğretmenleri Yardımlaşma Derneği
Zafer Sok No 11-13/2, Pangaltı
Tel : (0212) 2339415, (0212) 2403889
- Kınalıada Çocuk Kampı (Karagözyan)
Serap Sok No 2, Kınalıada
Tel : (0216) 3814371
- Taksim Gençlik Kulübü
Kurtuluş Caddesi No 29/5, Feriköy
Tel : (0212) 2477500
- Tarkmanças Okulundan Yetişenler Derneği
Karakaş Sok. No:9/2-3, Ortaköy -İstanbul
Tel : (0212) 2606429, Faks: (0212) 2606457, e-mail: toysd@superonline.com
Şişli Spor Kulübü
Billurcu Çıkmazı No 17/1, Sıraselviler
Tel : (0212) 2449153

* Publications:

- “Lraper” Ermeni Patrikliği Kilise Bülteni
Şarapnel Sok No 20-22 Kumkapı
Tel : (0212) 5170970, (0212) 5170971
- “Şoğagat” Dergisi - Türkiye Ermenileri Patrikliği
Şarapnel Sok No 20-22 Kumkapı
Tel : (0212) 5170970, (0212) 5170971
“Jamanak” Günlük Gazete
İstiklal Cad Narmanlı Yurdu No 390, P K 22 Beyoğlu
Tel : (0212) 2435639, Fax : (0212) 2433196
“Nor Marmara” Günlük Gazete
Solakzade Sok No 5, P K 507 Beyoğlu
Tel : (0212) 2444736, (0212) 2491989, Fax : (0212) 2498165
“Agos” Haftalık Gazete
Halaskargazi Cad Sebat Ap 192/3, Daire 6 80220 Pangaltı
Tel : (0212) 2962364, (0212) 2315694, (0212) 2195082, Fax : (0212) 2475519
“Surp Pırgiç” Hastane Dergisi
Surp Pırgiç Ermeni Hastanesi, 34780 Yedikule
Tel : (0212) 5825050
“Nor San” Sanat Dergisi - Pangaltı Lisesinden Yetişenler Derneği
İnci Pasajı 3/5, 80220 Şişli
Tel : (0212) 2406283
“Jbid” Çocuk Dergisi
Zafer Sokak No 11-13/2, 80220 Şişli
Tel : (0212) 2469415
“Lusadu” Okul Dergisi - Getronagan Lisesi Yayın Temsil Kolu
Getronagan Lisesi, Kemeraltı Sakızcılar Sok No 19, 80030 Karaköy
Tel : (0212) 2440503
“Punç” Öğrenci Dergisi - Surp Haç Lisesi Kültür ve Edebiyat Kolu
Surp Haç Lisesi Ekmekçibaşı Sok No 3, Üsküdar
Tel : (0216) 3330307
“Meğu” Dergisi - Pangaltı Lisesinden Yetişenler Derneği
İnci Pasajı 3/5, 80220 Şişli- İstanbul
Tel : (0212) 2406283
“Talarkyuğ” Yeşilköy Kilisesi Dergisi
İnci Çiçeği Sok No 4, 34800 Yeşilköy
Tel : (0212) 5730243

Armenian Graves in (Mezarlıklar)

 

Bağlarbaşı Surp Haç
Bağlarbaşı Nuh Kuyusu Cad No 144
Tel : (0216) 3348927
Bağlarbaşı Surp Garabet
Bağlarbaşı Nuh Kuyusu Cad No 148
Tel : (0216) 3338055
Bakırköy
Tayyareci Hayrettin Sok No 2
Tel : (0212) 5836308
Balıklı
Silivrikapı Yolu No 8
Boyacıköy
Emirgan, Reşitpaşa Mah, Zergerdan Sok No 7
Büyükdere
Büyükdere
Edirnekapı
Edirnekapı
Tel : (0212) 5443019
Halıcıoğlu
Halıcıoğlu, Bademlik Yokuşu No 7
Tel : (0212) 2208025
Kadıköy Uzunçayır
Çayırbaşı Bentler Cad, Kibrit Fabrikası Yanı No 34 Hasanpaşa Taş Ocakları
Tel : (0216) 3264032
Kandilli
Kandilli
Kınalıada
Kınalıada, şükrü Gülesin (Mezarlık) Sok
Kuruçeşme
Kuruçeşme, Tepeüstü, Avize sok
Ortaköy
Dereboyu, Bostan Üstü
Rumelihisar
Rumelihisar Üstü, Birinci Sok, Ayazma Yolu No 3
Şişli
Şişli, Abide-i Hürriyet Cad No 4
Tel : (0212) 2480072
Yeniköy
Yeniköy, Salih Ağa Sok Bağlar Yolu

Kilise Koroları

 

Asoğik Korosu
Surp Yerrortutyun Kilisesi, Beyoğlu
Getronagan Korosu
Surp Krikor Lusavoriç Kilisesi, Karaköy
Gomidas Korosu
Yerevman Surp Haç Kilisesi, Kuruçeşme
Karasun Mangants Korosu
Surp Astvadzadzin Kilisesi, Bakırköy
Koğtan Korosu
Surp Astvadzadzin Patriklik Kilisesi, Patriklik
Lusavoriç Korosu
Surp Harutyun Kilisesi, Taksim
Miatsyal Korosu
Surp Haç Kilisesi, Üsküdar
Naregatsi Korosu
Surp Astvadzadzin Kilisesi, Beşiktaş
Nersesyan Korosu
Surp Krikor Lusavoriç Kilisesi, Kınalıada
Sahak-Mesrob Korosu
Surp Istepanos Kilisesi, Yeşilköy
Sahakyan Korosu
Surp Kevork Kilisesi, Samatya
Sayat Nova Korosu
Surp Yerits Mangants Kilisesi, Boyacıköy
Surp Garabed Korosu
Surp Garabed Kilisesi, Üsküdar
Surp Hovhannes Korosu
Surp Hovhannes Kilisesi, Narlıkapı
Surp Hripsimyants Korosu
Surp Hripsimyants Kilisesi, Büyükdere
Surp Takavor Korosu
Surp Takavor Kilisesi, Kadıköy
Tarkmançats Korosu
Surp Astvadzadzin Kilisesi, Ortaköy
Vartanants Korosu
Surp Vartanants Kilisesi, Feriköy
Varvaryan Korosu
Surp Harutyun Kilisesi, KumkapıDışı
Zıvartnots Korosu
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