Mihran Apikyan

Mihran Apikyan (Armenian: Միհրան Աբիկյան; 1855, Istanbul - 1938, Istanbul) was an Armenian and Turkish writer and educator of Armenian descent. He is also known as Mihran Efendi (before the Surname Law) and with his pen name Mihrî.^[1] He is accredited for introduction European-styled educational methods in the Ottoman Turkish educational system.^[2]

Life and teaching career

Of Armenian descent, Mihran Efendi was born in Samatya.^[3] In 1873 he was appointed as a teacher of Ottoman Turkish to the Sahakyan Mektebi, a local Armenian school at his neighborhood. He also worked at the Getronagan Armenian High School.^[4]

Apikyan has written around 30 books to about Turkish language and culture.^[5] He also wrote an Armenian-Turkish dictionary.^[6]

Works

• Zübde-i nahv-i osmanî (Nişan Berberyan Matbaası, 1890)^[7]
• Tatbikat-ı Münşeat (Istanbul, Rumi 1306)^[8][9]
• İksir-i Elifbayı Osmaniyye (a book on the Ottoman Alphabet), Latürkî printhouse, Istanbul, 1297 (1881)^[10]