Mihran Apikyan
Mihran Apikyan was an Armenian and Turkish writer and educator of Armenian descent. He is also known as Mihran Efendi and with his pen name Mihrî. He is accredited for introduction European-styled educational methods in the Ottoman Turkish educational system.
Life and teaching career
Of Armenian descent, Mihran Efendi was born in Samatya. In 1873 he was appointed as a teacher of Turkish language|Ottoman Turkish] to the Sahakyan Mektebi, a local Armenian school at his neighborhood. He also worked at the Getronagan Armenian High School.Apikyan has written around 30 books to about Turkish language and culture. He also wrote an Armenian-Turkish dictionary.