Tigran , Amiryan , Arsen , Abrahamyan , Adress: Balat Orphanage

Address: Balat Orphanage is dedicated to the history of a place of care that played a pivotalrole for Istanbul's Armenian community over the course of nearly two centuries: theKhorenyan School and Orphanage in the neighbourhood of Balat, which closed its gates inthe late 1970s. As they trace the Khorenyan's social and cultural memory, co-authors TigranAmiryan and Arsen Abrahamyan reflect on the dis5nc5ve posi5on of Armenian educa5onalins5tu5ons in the OKoman Empire and later in the Republic of Turkey. In exploring theintertwined processes of forgePng and remembrance, they öer intriguing insights into arich trove of unpublished archival material that documents community life before, during,and aRer the Armenian Genocide.