Back الأرمن في إسطنبول Arabic İstanbul erməniləri Azerbaijani Armenier in Istanbul German Armenoj en Istanbulo Esperanto Arméniens à Istanbul French Հայերը Ստամբուլում Armenian Orang Armenia di Istanbul ID Армяне в Стамбуле Russian İstanbul Ermenileri Turkish Вірмени у Стамбулі Ukrainian
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 50,000–70,000[1] | |
| Languages | |
| Turkish (majority), Western Armenian (minority)[2][3] | |
| Religion | |
| Armenian Apostolic Church (Armenian Patriarchate of Constantinople), Armenian Catholic Church, and Armenian Evangelical Church |
| Year | TOTAL | Armenians | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1478 [4] | 100,000 – 120,000 | 5,000–6,000 | ~5% |
| 1844[5][6] | 891,000 | 160,000[7]–222,000 | 18–25% |
| 1880s[6] | 250,000 | ||
| 1885[5] | 873,565 | 156,861 | 18% |
| 1913 | 1,125,000 | 163,670[8] | 15% |
| 2011 | 13,483,052[9] | 50,000 – 70,000[10][11][12][13] | 0.4–0.5% |
| 2021 | 15,840,900 | 50,000 – 70,000[10][11][12][13] | 0.3–0.4% |
Armenians in Istanbul (Armenian: Պոլսահայեր, romanized: Bolsahayer; Turkish: İstanbul Ermenileri) are a major part of the Turkish Armenian community and historically one of the largest ethnic minorities of Istanbul, Turkey. The city is often referred to as Bolis (Պոլիս) by Armenians, which is derived from the ending of the historical name of the city Constantinople.
Today, most estimations put the number of Armenian-Turkish citizens in Istanbul at 50,000, 60,000 or 70,000. They constitute the largest Christian and non-Muslim minority in Istanbul, as well as in Turkey.[14][15][16][17][18] They are not considered part of the Armenian Diaspora by the Ministry of Diaspora, since they have been living in their historical homeland for more than four thousand years.[19][20][21]
In addition to local ethnic Armenians who are Turkish citizens, there are also between 10,000 and 30,000 recent illegal immigrants from Armenia in Istanbul.[22][23][24][25][26]
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- ^ UNESCO Culture Sector, UNESCO Interactive Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger, 2009 Archived February 22, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ The Armenian People from Ancient to Modern Times: Foreign dominion to statehood : the fifteenth century to the twentieth century; Volume 2 of The Armenian People from Ancient to Modern Times, Richard G. Hovannisian, Palgrave Macmillan, 2004. ISBN 978-1-4039-6636-0
- ^ a b (in Armenian) Nicholas Adontz, «Հայկական հարցի լուծման շուրջ» [Around solution of the Armenian question], “Publishing house of Yerevan State University”, Yerevan, 1989, pp.87–88
- ^ a b (in Armenian) ՍՏԱՄԲՈՒԼԱՀԱՅ ՀԱՄԱՅՆՔ. ԱՆՑՅԱԼԸ, ՆԵՐԿԱՆ, ԽՆԴԻՐՆԵՐԸ (պատմական ակնարկ)
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- ^ Turkish Statistical Institute: Population of Town Centers and Provinces in Turkey Archived July 8, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b Hauer, Neil (April 23, 2019). "100 years after genocide, Armenians in Turkey revive their identity". The World. Archived from the original on 23 January 2021.
...the small Turkish Armenian community in Istanbul — only about 50,000...
- ^ a b "Ամերիկայի Հայկական Համագումարի Երեւանի Ներկայացուցիչ Ալին Օզինեանի Հետ". ragmamoul.net (in Armenian). RAG. 27 April 2017. Archived from the original on 12 August 2020.
Տիկ. Օզինեանէն իմացանք, որ ներկայիս Պոլսոյ մէջ կայ մօտաւորապէս 50–60 հազար հայ:
- ^ a b Mac Cormaic, Ruadhán (April 27, 2015). "Istanbul's Armenians mark genocide centenary". The Irish Times. Archived from the original on 23 January 2021.
...community of about 60,000 Armenians still living in Istanbul.
- ^ a b "Turkey's Armenians 'cannot breathe' as Karabakh rhetoric rages". france24.com. France24. 23 October 2020. Archived from the original on 23 January 2021.
Members of roughly 60,000 Armenians based mostly in Istanbul...
- ^ AZAD-HYE. "Azad-Hye Middle East Armenian Portal (Turkish Armenians hope for new era)". www.azad-hye.net. Archived from the original on 2014-07-28. Retrieved 2012-01-17.
- ^ Foreign Ministry: 89,000 minorities live in Turkey Archived 2011-05-20 at the Wayback Machine Today's Zaman
- ^ "Armenian in Istanbul: Diaspora in Turkey welcomes the setting of relations and waits more steps from both countries - News - ArmeniaNow.com". armenianow.com. Archived from the original on 2017-01-01. Retrieved 2012-01-17.
- ^ The Armenian Church[usurped]
- ^ Herzig, Edmund; Kurkchiyan, Marina, eds. (2005). The Armenians: Past and Present in the Making of National Identity. Abingdon, Oxon, Oxford: RoutledgeCurzon. p. 133. ISBN 0203004930.
- ^ Baronian, Marie-Aude; Besser, Stephan; Jansen, Yolande (2006-01-01). Diaspora and Memory: Figures of Displacement in Contemporary Literature, Arts and Politics. BRILL. doi:10.1163/9789401203807_006. ISBN 978-94-012-0380-7.
- ^ Baser, Bahar; Swain, Ashok (2009). "Diaspora Design Versus Homeland Realities: Case Study of Armenian Diaspora". Caucasian Review of International Affairs: 57.
- ^ "Minister denies calling Armenians 'Diaspora representatives' in Istanbul". www.tert.am. Retrieved 2023-10-08.
- ^ Uras, Umut. "Armenian immigrants look for a better life in Turkey". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 2023-10-07.
- ^ "Rightwing Turkish politician calls for expulsion of Armenian migrants | Eurasianet". eurasianet.org. Retrieved 2025-04-04.
- ^ https://www.reuters.com/article/world/armenian-migrants-in-turkey-live-in-shadow-of-century-old-massacre-idUSKCN0XL05C/.
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