Some Observations About the Austrian Policies Towards The Catholic Armenians in the XVIIIth and XIXth Centuries
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to reveal the Austrian policies towards the Catholic Armenians in the 18th and 19th centuries and the effects of these policies on the relationships between Austria and the Ottoman Empire. In the present research, the reason of Austria’s support to the Catholic Armenians and the results of this condition were also be evaluated.
It is accepted that Mekhitar, a Catholic Armenian priest, and the Mekhitarist priests, the members of Mekhitar’s religious order, had a separate place in the development of the relationships of the Catholic Armenians with the European states. In this regard, activities of the Mekhitarist and the influences on the Catholic Armenians living in the Ottoman country were investigated in the present study. Revealing the activities of the Mekhitarist priests had an importance in terms of recognition of Catholic sect in the Ottoman country in 1830 by Sultan II. Mahmud officially and understanding the relations between the Ottoman Empire and Austria during this period.
In this study, available documents about Catholic Armenians and Mekhitarists in the Ottoman Archives of the Prime Ministry, the works of the researchers who were the members of the Mekhitarist Unity and others sources related to the period were examined.
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Primary Language
Turkish
Subjects
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Journal Section
Research Article
Authors
Gürsoy Şahin
AFYON KOCATEPE ÜNİVERSİTESİ, FEN-EDEBİYAT FAKÜLTESİ, TARİH BÖLÜMÜ
0000-0002-7817-2043
Türkiye
Publication Date
January 15, 2018
Submission Date
October 21, 2017
Acceptance Date
January 2, 2018
Published in Issue
Year 2018 Volume: 4 Number: 6