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]
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]
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.
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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]
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]
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.
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