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When Sultan Alp Arslan defeated the Byzantine army at the Battle of

Manzikert in 1071, the doors of Anatolia were opened to Turks. From that
point on, Turks and Armenians have lived together side by side on these

lands. It should also be noted that after the fall of the Seljuks, the Armenian
Church maintained its presence under Turkish, Iranian and Mongol rules un-

til the Ottoman Emirate built the Anatolian union.

When Sultan Mehmed the Conqueror took Istanbul in 1453, a sort of

golden age for the Armenians began. Sultan Mehmed II, completely of his own
accord, invited Hovageem to Istanbul and established an Armenian Patriarch

next to the Greek Patriarch in 1461. Hovageem was the spiritual leader of the
Armenians at the time. Following this development, the Patriarch was de-

clared the leader of the Armenian community by the Sultan's decree and the
Armenians were entrusted to his care. This development prompted Armen-

ian populations around the world to come to Istanbul and form Istanbul's
strong Armenian community. After Eastern Anatolia and South Caucasia

were conquered during the reigns of Sultan Selim I and Sultan Suleiman I,

(Left) An affluent Ottoman
Armenian lady
(Bottom) An Armenian
football team in Istanbul

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