Armenian Investors in Turkish Banks during Genocide

[oojack]

I am trying to do research on people who invested in the Deutsche bank during the Armenian Genocide and never got their deposits back after they died. Does anybody know where I can find records for this? Specifically, I'm looking for a list of names of the investors.

[TomServo]

Re: Armenian Investors in Turkish Banks during Genocide

Try The Ottoman Bank Archives and Research Center.

[oojack]

Re: Armenian Investors in Turkish Banks during Genocide

Thank you so much for your help! I tried searching this http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ but some of the files are inaccessible online.

[oojack]

Re: Armenian Investors in Turkish Banks during Genocide

I don't understand how to access the archives on this site. Are they not digitilized?

[oojack]

Re: Armenian Investors in Turkish Banks during Genocide

So would I have to actually travel to Turkey to access the archives?

[Sako]

Re: Armenian Investors in Turkish Banks during Genocide

I don't think you'd be able to even then.

[oojack]

Re: Armenian Investors in Turkish Banks during Genocide

so is there absolutely no way to find out who invested in the Deutsche Bank before the Armenian Genocide?

[Sako]

Re: Armenian Investors in Turkish Banks during Genocide

I don't think it's impossible but it will be a pain in the you know where. I'm searching right now and if I find anything, I'll let you know.

[SilverLining]

Re: Armenian Investors in Turkish Banks during Genocide

that information is classified for a reason. they don't want anything that would taint them publicized. you have quite a challenge ahead of you. but good luck! it's well worth it.

[KanadaHye]

Re: Armenian Investors in Turkish Banks during Genocide

that information is classified for a reason. they don't want anything that would taint them publicized. you have quite a challenge ahead of you. but good luck! it's well worth it.

Ah yes... douche bank . Even if he were to stumble upon the documents, they would be written in old Ottoman writing which might take about 10 years of studying to learn how to read

Here is a site for some Ottoman archives

http://maviboncuk.blogspot.com/2006/...o-ottoman.html

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Request for permission to work for the Armenian officials in the Ottoman Bank in Adana

Ciphered telegram from the Ministry of the Interior to the province Aleppo, regarding that Edvar Simkiyan, Manok Sarrâfyan and Agop Gagayan, employees of the Adana Ottoman Bank, and Serkis Kişiyan, of the Tarsus branch, may be employed in the Aleppo branch.
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Armenian Genocide Descendants File Class Action against Deutsche Bank and Dresdner Bank Announces Kabateck Brown Kellner LLP

"In January 1916, nine months after the Genocide began that killed approximately 1.5 million Armenians in the Ottoman Empire The Ottoman rule of Armenia or Ottoman Armenia, beginning with the rule of Selim II (1524 – 1574) becomes the integral part of the Ottoman Empire. However, the initial accession begins with Mehmed II, who also offered the Ottoman support to initiate Armenian Patriarch in, a decree from the Ottoman Minister of Commerce and Agriculture ordered all financial institutions operating within the country's borders to turn over Armenian assets to the government. Records show that as much as six million Turkish gold pounds were seized along with real property, cash, bank deposits and xxxelry. The assets were eventually funneled to European banks, including Deutsche and Dresdner banks. "The banks accepted these assets from the Ottoman government knowing full well that they were looted from Armenians," says Yeghiayan, partner with Yeghiayan & Associates. "The stolen assets helped finance the Turkish government's war effort." Yeghiayan says the class action is seeking reparations reparations, payments or other compensation offered as an indemnity for loss or damage. Although the term is used to cover payments made to Holocaust survivors and to Japanese Americans interned during World War II in so-called relocation camps (and used as well to similar to those made by Swiss banks to xxxish Holocaust victims in 1998. "