AMERİKAN BOARD MİSYONERLERİNİN OSMANLI TOPRAKLARINDAKİ İLK FAALİYETLERİNE BİR ÖRNEK: BAHÇECİK İSTASYONU
AN EXAMPLE OF THE FIRST ACTIVITIES OF AMERICAN BOARD MISSIONS IN THE OTTOMAN LANDS: BAHCECIK STATION

Summary/Abstract: In the geography of Ottoman Empire, especially in the 19th century, many Catholic and Protestant missionaries operated. Among these missionary organizations, the one establishing with the most widespread missionary network and in particular the most active as cultural, social, economic and political influence over the Ottoman Gregorian Armenian subjects was American Missions Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions (ABCFM). Founded in 1810 in Boston, missionaries from this organization set foot in the Ottoman land in 1820 for the first time. These missionaries maintaining their operations from the west to the east and from seaside to interior regions within the frontiers of Ottoman Empire, established mission stations all over the Ottoman state. In this regard, one of the stations established by the Board was Nicomedia Station. In the focal point of the activities of missionaries in Nicomedia was mainly Bahcecik. The Board’s activities in Bahcecik, which began in the 1830’s, ended in 1916 during the First World War. In this study, the activities of the Board in the areas of aid and education will be examined in Bahcecik example.

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