TARİH BİLİMİNDE EPİGRAFİK ESERLERİN ÖNEMİ KAPSAMINDA 19. YÜZYILA AİT ERMENİCE EPİGRAFİK ESERLERE DAİR GENEL BİR DEĞERLENDİRME
REVISITING ARMENIAN EPIGRAPHIC WORKS OF THE 19TH CENTURY WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF EPIGRAPHIC WORKS IN HISTORIOGRAPHY

Summary/Abstract: When we look into the existing literature on Ottoman Armenians, it is seen that one of the main problems we encounter is the scarcity of the academic publications on the Ottoman Armenian community's literary, cultural, historical and philological works. Especially when it comes to Armenian epigraphic works, there has been negligible academic work. In order to fill this gap, this article examines the Armenian tombstones found in the Ottoman Empire since the second half of the 19th century. It first briefly discusses the related works in the field of epigraphy in Turkey. Then, it looks into the epigraphic works held in Turkey in the field of Armenian to find out the problems in the area. The article demonstrates the density of the Armenian tombstones in Turkey and provides examples of Armenian tombstones found in provinces such as Ankara, Mardin, Aydin, Afyonkarahisar and in various museums. In doing so, it includes a brief information on how these tombstones should be examined. Finally, the article provides the Turkish translation of Armenian texts on tombstones and analyses the content of these articles.

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