Mihran Apikyan ( hy, Միհրան Աբիկյան; 1855,

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- 1938, Istanbul) was an

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writer and educator of Armenian descent. He is also known as Mihran Efendi (before the

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) and with his

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Mihrî. He is accredited for introduction European-styled educational methods in the Ottoman Turkish educational system.

Life and teaching career

descent, Mihran Efendi was born in

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. In 1873 he was appointed as a teacher of

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to the ''Sahakyan Mektebi'', a local Armenian school at his neighborhood. He also worked at the

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. Apikyan has written around 30 books to about

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and

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. He also wrote an Armenian-Turkish dictionary.

Works

* ''Zübde-i nahv-i osmanî'' (Nişan Berberyan Matbaası, 1890) * ''Tatbikat-ı Münşeat'' (Istanbul,

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1306)Diyanet Vakfı İslam Ansiklopedisi * ''İksir-i Elifbayı Osmaniyye'' (a book on the

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), Latürkî printhouse, Istanbul, 1297 (1881)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Apikyan, Mihran 19th-century writers from the Ottoman Empire Writers from Istanbul Armenians from the Ottoman Empire 1855 births 1938 deaths 20th-century writers from the Ottoman Empire