Book name

2012 Beyannamesi

2012 Declaration

Subtitle

İstanbul Ermeni Vakıflarının El Konan Mülkleri

The Seized Properties of Armenian Foundations in Istanbul

ISBN

9786058657007

Price

Free

Pages

480

Width

230 mm

Height

310 mm

Weight

2000 gr

Printing

1^st edition - November 2012

Language

Turkish, English

Project team

Mehmet Polatel, Nora Mıldanoğlu, Özgür Leman Eren, Mehmet Atılgan

Editor

Altuğ Yılmaz

Translation

Elif Kalaycıoğlu, Nazım Hikmet Richard Dikbaş

Book design

Sera Dink

Graphics application

Lora Baytar

Cover photograph

Berge Arabian

Color separation
and printing

Mas Matbaa

This project is funded by the European Union and the Open Society Foundation.

• List of Armenian Foundations in Istanbul
• List of Maps
• Foreword, Prof. Dr. Hüseyin Hatemi
• Introduction
• From Empire to Republic
  • The vaqf (foundations) system in Ottoman law and non-Muslims
  • Minority foundations from the Treaty of Lausanne to date
  • Ownership problems of Muslim minority foundations in Western Thrace
• Stories of Unlawful Property Seizure
  • Wiped out from a district in a single stroke: The Kalfayan Orphanage building
  • Forced to pay rent in its own property: The Bomonti Mıhitaryan Primary School
  • An educational institution seized in Ortaköy: The Andonyan Armenian Catholic Monastery and School
  • A relentless legal battle: Yedikule Surp Pırgiç Hospital and the landmark case of the IGS building
  • A foundation declared defunct: The Kasımpaşa Surp Hagop Church Foundation
  • The destroyed ‘Civilization of Atlantis’: Armenian Children’s Camp of Tuzla
• The Inventory: Istanbul Armenian Foundaitons and Their Seized Properties
  • On methodology
  • General overview of the Armenian institutions in Istanbul and their properties
    • Armenians in view of spatial and demographic change in the city
    • Churches, schools, hospitals and cemeteries
    • General statistics about the ownership problem
  • Armenian foundations and their assets in Istanbul according to boroughs
    • Adalar (Princes’ Islands)
    • Bakırköy
    • Beykoz
    • Beyoğlu
    • Eyüp
    • Fatih
    • Kadıköy
    • Kartal - Çekmeköy
    • Sarıyer
    • Şişli
    • Üsküdar
    • Zeytinburnu
• Conclusion: Analysis and Proposals
• Appendices
  • Table of Seized Properties
  • Chronology: Legal Regulations About Non-Muslim Foundations
  • Foundation Terms
• Notes
• Bibliographies
• Index