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Second Nagorno-Karabakh War. v. t. e. Hidden Armenians (Armenian: թաքնված հայեր, romanized: t’ak’nvats hayer; Turkish: Gizli Ermeniler) or crypto-Armenians (Kripto Ermeniler) [1] is an umbrella term to describe Turkish citizens hiding their full or partial Armenian ancestry from the larger Turkish society. [2]
Armenians in Turkey (Turkish: Türkiye Ermenileri; Armenian: Թուրքահայեր or Թրքահայեր, T’urk’ahayer lit. ' Turkish Armenians '), one of the indigenous peoples of Turkey, have an estimated population of 40,000 [5] to 50,000 [6] today, down from a population of over 2 million Armenians between the years 1914 and 1921.
The eastern part of the current territory of the Republic of Turkey is part of the ancestral homeland of the Armenians. [4] Along with the Armenian population, during and after the Armenian genocide the Armenian cultural heritage was targeted for destruction by the Turkish government. Of the several thousand churches and monasteries (usually ...
The Hemshin people (Armenian: Համշենցիներ, Hamshentsiner; Turkish: Hemşinliler), also known as Hemshinli or Hamshenis or Homshetsi, [6] [7] [8] are a bilingual [9] small group of Armenians who practice Sunni Islam after they had been converted from Christianity in the beginning of the 18th century [10] and are affiliated with the Hemşin and Çamlıhemşin districts in the province ...
Armenian church in Kars. Kars is a city in northeastern Turkey that was historically home to a significant Armenian population. [1] Before the Armenian Genocide, which took place during World War I, Kars was a thriving center of Armenian culture, with a large Armenian community living alongside Turks, Kurds, and other ethnic groups.
Harpoot (Turkish: Harput) or Kharberd (Armenian: Խարբերդ, romanized: Kharberd) [a] is an ancient town located in the Elazığ Province of Turkey. It now forms a small district of the city of Elazığ. [1] In the late Ottoman period, it fell under the Mamuret-ul-Aziz Vilayet (also known as the Harput Vilayet). Artifacts from around 2000 ...
Musa Dagh (Turkish: Musa Dağı; Armenian: Մուսա լեռ, romanized: Musa leṛ; [2] Arabic: جبل موسى, romanized: Jebel Musa; meaning " Moses Mountain") is a mountain in the Hatay Province of Turkey. In 1915, it was the location of a successful Armenian resistance to the Armenian genocide, an event that inspired Franz Werfel to write ...
Armenians in Istanbul (Armenian: Պոլսահայեր, romanized: Bolsahayer; Turkish: İstanbul Ermenileri) are a major part of the Turkish Armenian community and historically one of the largest ethnic minorities of Istanbul, Turkey. The city is often referred to as Bolis (Պոլիս) by Armenians, which is derived from the ending of the ...