Getronagan Armenian High School

Private school

Getronagan Armenian High School Getronagan Ermeni Lisesi Ազգային Կեդրոնական Վարժարան
Location

Karaköy, Istanbul, Turkey
Information
Type	Private
Established	1886
Principal	Silva Kuyumciyan
Number of students	182 (2001)
Website	www.getronagan.k12.tr

Getronagan is an Armenian minority high school in the Karaköy district of Istanbul, Turkey, The school is attached to the Saint Gregory the Illuminator Church.

Establishment

With the sponsorship of Archbishop Nerses Varjabetyan, Getronagan High School opened its doors on September 1, 1886. The Catholicos of All Armenians (the religious leader of all Armenians), Magar, and Harutyun Archbishop Vehabetyan, the Patriarch of Armenians in İstanbul, conducted the opening commencement. Minas Cheraz became its first principal.

Today

As of 2014 Getronagan teaches both genders. In 2001, the school had 182 students. The school teaches mainly in Turkish, but it also has Armenian language and literature and religion classes. English (compulsory), French and Spanish (both optional) are taught as foreign languages.

Notable alumni

Hrachia Adjarian - linguist
Vazken Andréassian - engineer
Şahan Arzruni - pianist
Hayko Cepkin - singer
Onnik Chifte-Saraf - writer
Arshag Chobanian - writer
Ara Guler - photographer
Aram Haigaz - writer
Karekin II Kazanjian - patriarch
Mıgırdiç Margosyan - writer, Principal of Surp Haç
Misak Metsarents - poet
Sarkis Minassian - journalist
Kegham Parseghian - writer
Nigoghos Sarafian - writer, poet
Levon Shant - writer, poet
Soghomon Tehlirian - assassin of Talaat Pasha
Léon Arthur Tutundjian - painter
Harutyun Varpurciyan - architect
Nishan Yaubyan - architect
Yerukhan - writer

Notable teachers and faculty

Yeghia Demirjibashian - poet
Melkon Giurdjian - writer
Hovhannes Hintliyan - educator (principal)
Zareh Kalfayan - painter
Kegham Kavafyan - architect (principal)
Vahan Tekeyan - writer, poet (principal)
Tovmas Terzian - writer, playwright

References

^ "Getronagan Armenian High School". Getronagan Armenian High School: Official Website. Retrieved 11 December 2012.
J. Young, Pamela (2001). Knowledge, nation, and the curriculum: Ottoman Armenian education (1853-1915). University of Michigan. p. 143. ISBN 9780493097527. Retrieved 11 December 2012.
"Ermeni Okullarında 3530 Öğrenci Var". Retrieved 11 December 2012.
http://www.getronagan.k12.tr/uploads/9_A.pdf Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine
"Talaat Pasha was assassinated in Berlin on March 15, 1921". Horizon Weekly. 2015-03-13. Retrieved 2019-06-15. He went to the Getronagan Armenian High School in Istanbul and
"AGMI received rare photos of Soghomon Tehlirian". The Armenian Genocide Museum-institute. Retrieved 12 December 2012. afterwards graduated in the Kedronakan (Central) college of Constantinople.

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