There were 161 000 Armenians, 47 Churches & Monasteries and 64 schools , before the Genocide.

Today : an estimated 60 000 Armenians (2000 to 3000 Catholics , a few hundreds Protestants)

22000 from Sisli/Ferikeuy
8-10 000 Kocamustafapacha (Samatya for Armenians,Greeks and Turks over 500)

10 000 Yesilkeuy
10 000 Bakirkeuy
1 000 Beyoghlu (Pera for the Armenians & Levantins)
500-
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There were 161 000 Armenians, 47 Churches & Monasteries and 64 schools , before the Genocide.

Today : an estimated 60 000 Armenians (2000 to 3000 Catholics , a few hundreds Protestants)

22000 from Sisli/Ferikeuy
8-10 000 Kocamustafapacha (Samatya for Armenians,Greeks and Turks over 500)

10 000 Yesilkeuy
10 000 Bakirkeuy
1 000 Beyoghlu (Pera for the Armenians & Levantins)
500-600 Kumkapi

"Etymologically,Istanbul is derived from the Greek word Constantinople.It is written and pronounced in different forms.Stampoli is the closest oen to the original.Istanbul is the Armenian pronunciation of the Greek word that means "civic" "urban".Inspired by the Armenina word Estanbol we started to call this beautiful city Istanbul".( Mumtazer Turkone "Zaman" )
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