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Apkar Tebir was an Armenian colonist and priest. He was one of the first to set up a printing press in Constantinople.


Life and influence

Apkar Tebir was born in
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, Turkey. He studied typography in
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, and in 1567, set up a printing press in Constantinople, one of the first to do so. In 1627, he obtained a Greek printing press, built by Nicodemus Metaxas, which had its machinery and type imported from England. This had an important effect on
Turkish Armenia Western Armenia (Western Armenian: Արեւմտեան Հայաստան, ''Arevmdian Hayasdan'') is a term to refer to the eastern parts of Turkey (formerly the Ottoman Empire) that are part of the historical homeland of the Armenians. Weste ...
and the Mediterranean world. The most notable was that of cultural repair, mainly though the colonists' work to restore Armenia's heritage through the medium of the printed page. These activities showed their readiness to join in the
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, and they quickly undertook the task of broadening their compatriots' knowledge of the West. The Armenians also lent assistance during the Crusades, which helped a warm relationship develop between the Gregorian and the Roman Catholic churches.Jacques Jean Marie de Morgan, Histoire du peuple armenien aris, 1921p.239


See also

* Armenian Renaissance


References

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