Surp Agop Hospital (
Turkish
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: Surp Agop Hastanesi) or Saint Jacob Armenian Hospital is a hospital in the
ElmadaÄŸ neighborhood of
ÅžiÅŸli
ÅžiÅŸli () is a municipality and Districts of Turkey, district of Istanbul Province, Istanbul Province, Turkey. Its area is 10 km2, and its population is 276,528 (2022). Located on the European side of the city, it is bordered by BeÅŸiktaÅŸ ...
district of
Istanbul
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which was established in 1837 and continues to be operated by the
Armenian Catholic community of
Turkey
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.
The hospital also owned all rights of the
Pangaltı Armenian Cemetery
The Pangaltı Armenian Cemetery was located in the Pangaltı quarter of Istanbul near Taksim Square and originally belonged to the Surp Agop Armenian Hospital. In the 1930s, it was demolished and was replaced with the Taksim Gezi Park, Divan Hotel ...
which was destroyed in the 1930s.
The hospital was widely noted before and after
World War I
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for its work. Using the names of the districts of the time it was known as "The hospital Sourp-Agop of
Pancaldi above
Pera
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* Pera (BeyoÄŸlu), a district in Istanbul formerly called Pera, now called BeyoÄŸlu
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." Armenian fundraising for the hospital continued after
World War II
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.
[TURCS d'hier et d'aujourd'hui Par WILLY SPERCO - Page 57 Willy Sperco - 1961 "Aujourd'hui, le grand bal de la Société de Bienfaisance grégorienne est donné au « Casino Municipal », et le dîner- dansant avec loterie, pour l'hôpital arméno-catholique de « Sourp-Agop », dans un grand hôtel. Dévoués au service de la ..."] Today it is a private hospital which caters also to the Turkish Social Security Agency (''Sosyal Güvenlik Kurumu'' - SGK) continuing to serve the public in Istanbul.
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Hospitals in Istanbul
ÅžiÅŸli
Hospitals established in 1837
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