"Armenian Sport In The Ottoman Empire" Exhibition In The Museum Of The Armenian Genoc

[Joseph]

"ARMENIAN SPORT IN THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE" EXHIBITION IN THE MUSEUM OF THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE

AZG Armenian Daily
02/09/2008

Armenians in the Ottoman Empire

An exhibition under heading "Armenian sport in the Ottoman Empire"
opens September 2 in Yerevan at the hall of temporary exhibitions of
the Museum-Institute of the Armenian Genocide.

The exhibition includes 70 photos, documents, papers and magazines
that present the history of the Armenian sport-clubs and football
teams in the Ottoman Empire before 1915.

According to the notification of the Museum, the Armenian sport-clubs
and sportsmen made a significant contribution to the development of
sport in the Ottoman Empire; there were 100 sport-clubs in the Empire
before 1915.

In 1911-1914 Armenian Olympic Games were held in Costandinupolis.

Sport newspaper "Marmnamarz" was published in those years,
editor-in-chief - Shavarsh Krisian. It was the first sport newspaper
of the Ottoman Empire.

In summer of 1912, two Armenian sportsmen Vahram Papazian and Mkrtich
Mkoyan participated in the 5th Olympics in Stockholm presenting the
Ottoman Empire first time at the Olympic Games.

>From 1915 to 1920, most of the Armenian sportsmen fell victim to the
Armenian Genocide. Most of the Armenian sport-clubs stopped to exist.

[Joseph]

"ARMENIAN SPORT IN THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE" EXHIBITION IN THE MUSEUM OF THE ARMENIAN GENOCIDE

AZG Armenian Daily
02/09/2008

Armenians in the Ottoman Empire

An exhibition under heading "Armenian sport in the Ottoman Empire"
opens September 2 in Yerevan at the hall of temporary exhibitions of
the Museum-Institute of the Armenian Genocide.

The exhibition includes 70 photos, documents, papers and magazines
that present the history of the Armenian sport-clubs and football
teams in the Ottoman Empire before 1915.

According to the notification of the Museum, the Armenian sport-clubs
and sportsmen made a significant contribution to the development of
sport in the Ottoman Empire; there were 100 sport-clubs in the Empire
before 1915.

In 1911-1914 Armenian Olympic Games were held in Costandinupolis.

Sport newspaper "Marmnamarz" was published in those years,
editor-in-chief - Shavarsh Krisian. It was the first sport newspaper
of the Ottoman Empire.

In summer of 1912, two Armenian sportsmen Vahram Papazian and Mkrtich
Mkoyan participated in the 5th Olympics in Stockholm presenting the
Ottoman Empire first time at the Olympic Games.

>From 1915 to 1920, most of the Armenian sportsmen fell victim to the
Armenian Genocide. Most of the Armenian sport-clubs stopped to exist.

http://armenianow.com/?action=viewArticle&AID=3254&lng=eng&IID=1200&CID=3139

[Joseph]

http://www.panorama.am/en/society/2008/09/02/sport/

5:27 02/09/2008
THE ROLE OF ARMENIAN SPORT IN OTTOMAN EMPIRE

In the summer of 1912 two Armenian sportsmen, Vahram Papazyan and Mkrtich Mkryan, took part in the 5th International Olympic Games in Stockholm, representing the empire to the Olympics for the first time. In 1915 to 1920 innumerable Armenian sportsmen became victim of the Genocide, most Armenian sports clubs closed.

This reveals new details of Armenian history and includes about 70 photos, documents, periodicals which tell the history of the Armenian sport clubs and football teams in the Ottoman Empire until 1915. It turned out that in times of Abdul Hamid it was forbidden to appear in the public half-naked; that is why the sportsmen could be arrested even during a contest. However, the women’s sport was also developed in that period.

The number of the Armenian sport clubs in the Ottoman Empire was about 100. In 1911 to 1914 the Armenian Olympic Games were held in Constantinople. From 1911 to 1914 the Marmnamarz, a sports newspaper editor Shavarsh Krisyan, was published which was the first sports periodical in the empire.

Today the exposition headlined “Armenian Sports in the Ottoman Empire” opens at the Museum Institute of the Armenian Genocide which will last till September 15.

“The Armenian sport clubs and sportsmen had a significant contribution to the history of sports in the Ottoman Empire,” the director of Museum Institute of the Armenian Genocide Hayk Demoyan said at the opening ceremony.

“Armenian Olympic Games were first held in Istanbul and Turkish sportsmen always lost to Armenians. May be this was one of the reasons why Turkish people hated Armenians from those times,” the historian, deputy director of the Museum Institute Suren Maukyan says.

Armenian population in the Ottoman Empire before total uprooting as a consequence of premeditated and state–orchestrated genocide plan of the elimination of the Armenian nation on the territory of the Ottoman Turkey circa 1915 was among well modernized elements of the empire which although the segregationist and discriminative nature of the ottomans played significant role in the social, economical and cultural life of the empire.

[Edoman]

Not only that but they envied our ability to advance in their own society and become more successful then they could ever be. I am, guessing they figured that allowing us to compete in their own society, even as second hand citizens with all the discriminations and road blocks will lead to their demise because we would rise above them in no time. Most Armos were educated in Europe and US compared to backward Turks. Exterminating us to them was the only way to stop us from success in their jealous minds. We were practically running their banking and commerce sectors.

[Gavur]

I hate this slang-term Armos why can't we refer to each other as Hai's? as we really are.

[Hovik]

I hate this slang-term Armos why can't we refer to each other as Hai's? as we really are.

Or more appropriately the plural "Hayer"...

[bell-the-cat]

The same, or similar, exhibition is being displayed somewhere in Istanbul this September (don't know exacty where - I saw the tail-end of a report about it in on a Turkish TV chanel).

[Gavur]

Great site!

ARMENIAN SPORT LIFE IN THE PRE-WWI OTTOMAN EMPIRE
Online exhibition

http://www.genocide-museum.am/eng/online_exhibition_1.php