ARMENIAN LIFE BEFORE 1915 / RESEARCH EDITION 0.4

Adapazar / Adabazar

City · Constantinople & Marmara

Present-day reference: Adapazarı

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Population record

12,463

Armenian residents · 1909–1910 population; 1911–1915 enterprise

The population includes the denominations listed in Kasabian’s survey. Six Apostolic worship sites, including a cemetery chapel, are documented separately. The 1913 Prelacy’s 11,858 figure covers Apostolic Armenians only.

Institutions and count definitions

Apostolic worship sites

6

Early 20th century

Six Apostolic sites include the Saint Haroutyun cemetery chapel. A separate Evangelical church is documented below; six is not an all-denomination total.

Schools

Complete total not established

1909–1910 population; 1911–1915 enterprise

The source identifies several school categories and named institutions. No single complete, same-year total is asserted; grouped entries are not added to the named entries.

The source identifies several school categories and named institutions. No single complete, same-year total is asserted; grouped entries are not added to the named entries.

Documented institutions and groups

A selective directory, not a complete same-year census. Grouped and named entries must not be added together without checking overlap.

Trades, industries and influence

Printing & publishing

Local enterprise serving community and commerce · 1911–1915

The Adroushan printing house produced books, newspapers and commercial stationery. Its history documents Armenian enterprise and the infrastructure of local public life.

Mihran A. Minassian · Adapazar — Printing and Press (2025) · Adroushan Printing House

Guilds & cooperatives

Organizing economic and community life · Early 20th century

The account identifies Armenian guilds, financial cooperatives and savings unions alongside educational and cultural organizations.

Mihran A. Minassian · Adapazar — Printing and Press (2025) · Background Information

Sources and geographic context

Approximate city reference point; not a surveyed property or historical administrative boundary.

City, village, province and diocesan records have different scopes. Population and institution figures are not interchangeable or automatically additive.

Dataset 0.4.0 · Armenian Genocide Museum of Canada