The Sanasarian College (, ) was an Armenian-language educational institution in the city of

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(called

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by Armenians),

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founded in 1881 by an Armenian merchant, Mkrtich Sanasarian. Its students were children of primary and secondary school age. It also had a pedagogical department for the training of Armenian teachers and a trade school.

Description

It was a school of high grade which consisted of teachers who were mostly educated in

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. The college had a nine-year course, with a high grade education that was taught. The school lasted until the

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, when most of the teachers were killed and the building was ruined. Sanasarian college was a foremost institution for

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and education in the eastern provinces during the decades before

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explorer, writer, and natural historian

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(1831–1904) described the college as follows: After the

, and when the property was abandoned, the Sanasarian College was chosen as the location for the

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Legal status

In 2012, the

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appealed to a court in Ankara for the return of the properties owned by the Sanasarian College. These properties include nine plots of land in Erzurum, a garden house and vast farmland in the village of Aghveren, two plots in the village of Gez, and a large commercial property known as Sanasarian Han in the

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district of Istanbul. The court proceedings are still pending.

Notable graduates

Karekin Pastermadjian Garegin or Karekin Pastermadjian (), better known by his ''nom de guerre'' Armen Garo or Armen Karo (Արմէն Գարօ; 9 February 1872 – 23 March 1923) was an Armenian activist and politician. Armen Karo was a leading member of the Arme ...

Grigoris Balakian Grigoris Balakian (; 1875 – 8 October 1934), was a bishop of the Armenian Apostolic Church, in addition to being a survivor and memoirist of the Armenian genocide. Life Grigoris Balakian was born in Tokat in the Ottoman Empire, and graduated fr ...

Vartkes Serengülian Vartkes Serengülian (; also known as Hovhannes or Gisak; 1871, in Erzurum – 1915, in Urfa), was an Ottoman Armenian political and social activist, and a member of Ottoman Parliament. Biography He studied in the Ardzinian and Sanasarian col ...

Vartan Makhokhian Vartan Makhokhian (; 31 May 1869 – 10 February 1937) was an Armenian painter who lived in the Ottoman Empire and France and was known for his marine paintings. After completing his studies at the Berlin Academy of Arts, he traveled and exhibite ...

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Notable graduates

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