ARMENIAN LIFE BEFORE 1915 / RESEARCH EDITION 0.4
City · Cilicia & Northern Syria
Present-day reference: Mersin
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Armenian residents · 1913
City figures only. The surrounding district’s 6,987 Armenians and four churches belong to a larger geographic scope.
1913 account
The city church is distinct from the four churches reported for the wider district.
1913
Three city schools; district population and institution figures are not assigned to this city.
A selective directory, not a complete same-year census. Grouped and named entries must not be added together without checking overlap.
church · 1913 account
Ani Voskanyan · Mersin — Commerce (2026)school · 1913 account
One of the three schools reported for the city.
Ani Voskanyan · Mersin — Commerce (2026)Armenian houses in internal and international trade · Late 19th–early 20th century
Voskanyan describes Armenian merchants and enterprises as dominant across much of Mersin’s internal and external trade. The account names commercial houses and follows exports connecting the port with inland producers and overseas markets.
Ani Voskanyan · Mersin — Commerce (2026) · Commerce and Manufacturing; Armenian business profiles
Manufacturing connected to export markets · Eve of the First World War
The study identifies one Armenian-owned and one British-owned cottonseed-oil factory. This documents Armenian participation in a particular industry, rather than an ownership share for every business in the city.
Ani Voskanyan · Mersin — Commerce (2026) · Commerce and Manufacturing
City in 1913: 2,297 Armenians, Saint Gregory the Illuminator Church and three schools. District total of 6,987 Armenians and four churches is not assigned to the city. Economic examples retain their own dates and ownership definitions.
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