16 ARMENIAN SCHOOLS IN TURKEY OPENS FIRST SEMESTER
Journal of Turkish Weekly
Sept 23 2005
ISTANBUL – The new education period has been started. The minority
schools also opened the education session. There are 16 Armenian
schools with 3219 students and 412 teachers. Many more Armenian
students attend the ‘normal’ schools.
This year about 454 children were registered to the Armenian
kindergartens. 2107 students were registered to the primary and
secondary schools. 658 Armenian students were registered to the
Armenian high schools.
Apart from the normal courses, the Turkish Armenian schools also give
Armenian language and Armenian religion courses to their students.
Patriarch Mesrop II, religious leader of Turkish Armenians, said that
the Armenian language courses and Armenian culture courses in these
schools are crucial to maintain the existence of Armenian minority
in Turkey. The main problem of the Armenian population in Turkey is
voluntary ‘assimilation’. Many Armenians do not attend the Armenian
Church and Armenian schools. Another problem is the mixed marriages.
There are about 100.000 Armenians in Istanbul and they have all
the rights to take education in their own schools. Apart from the
Armenian schools there are Armenian health institutions, sport clubs
and cultural-social organizations. Moreover 3 Armenian newspaper are
published in Istanbul.
Apart from the Turkish Armenians, more than 50. 000 Armenians come
to ýstanbul to work from Armenia.
Armenian Schools in Istanbul and Student Numbers:
Aramyan: 142 students.
Bezciya: 161 students.
Bomonti Mihtaryan: 40 students.
Kalfayan: 101 students.
Dadyan: 411 students.
Esayan: 313 students.
Getronagan: 211 students.
Karagozyan: 175 students.
Levon Vartuhyan: 123 students.
Ferikoy: 237 students.
Pangalti Mihtaryan: 362 students.
Sahakyan: 400 students.
Samatya Anarat Higutyun: 74 students.
Ortakoy Tarkmancats: 143 students.
Tibrevank: 78 students.
Yesilkoy: 248 students.
JTW, with Agos and Bolsohays.
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