PRESS-RELEASE
Armenian Genocide Museum
E-mail: [email protected]
August 30, 2008
Armenian Sport in the Ottoman Empire
From September 2 to September 15, a temporary exhibition called
`Armenian Sport in the Ottoman Empire’ will be on display at the
Armenian Genocide Museum. A total of about 70 photos, documents,
newspapers and magazines will be on show. They reflect the history of
Armenian sports clubs and football teams in the Ottoman Empire until
1915.
Armenian sports clubs and sportsmen played an important role in the
development of sport in the Ottoman Empire. The number of the Armenian
sports clubs in the Ottoman Empire reached 100.
In 1911-1914, four Armenian Olympic Games were held in Constantinople.
From 1911 to 1914, Shavarsh Qrisyan published the Marmnamarz sports
magazine, the first sports periodical in the Ottoman Empire.
For the first time in the history of Turkish Olympic Games, two
Armenian sportsmen Vahram Papazian and Mkrtich Mkryan represented
Ottoman Turkey in the Fifth International Olympic Games in Stockholm in
1912.
In 1915-1920, many Armenian sportsmen became victims of the genocide
and most of the Armenian sports clubs were shut down.
Opening date: September 2
Time: 12:00
Place: AGMI
E-mail: [email protected]