Arman Manukyan ( hy, Արման Մանուկյան, 21 March 1931 – 28 December 2012) was a Turkish lecturer, writer, and economist of

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descent.

Biography

Arman Manukyan was born in the Tahta Minare neighborhood of

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. His father Artin fought in the Çanakkale War and was decorated with the '' İstiklal'' (Independence) Medal of the emerging

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. Artin was a shoe store owner and 30 years old when he married Eliz in 1930 and the couple had Arman, their first son in 1931. Manukyan started his early education in 1938 at the Mhitaryan Armenian school in the

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district of Istanbul. He graduated from his elementary studies and in 1945 he attended the prestigious

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. At Robert College he became good friends with future famed people such as

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, Oktay Yenal, and others. He graduated Robert College with an Economy and Commerce Degree in 1951. Due to his father's need of new technologies to upgrade his business, Manukyan traveled abroad many times, which includes him visiting

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six times. After his conscription to the Turkish Army in 1953, he met his future wife Alis during his summer vacationing in

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. Soon thereafter he began his career as a lecturer on 13 September 1956, a day which he has never forgotten. However, he took the opportunity to continue his studies one last time at

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. His wife also became a student at Miami University in the music department. Arman Manukyan wrote his first book, The History and Evolution of Accounting in 1960 with the help of the publishing facilities in Miami University. Arman and Alis Manukyan had their first son, Roy, right after the publication of the book. The couple decided to move back to Turkey and Arman Manukyan continued his teaching career at Robert College. In 1971, he began teaching at

Boğaziçi University Boğaziçi University ( tr, Boğaziçi Üniversitesi), also known as Bosphorus University, is a major research university in Istanbul, Turkey. Its main campus is located on the European side of the Bosphorus, Bosphorus strait. It has six facult ...

and retired in 1982. Among his students have been well known figures in Turkish society such as

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, Ömer Dinçkök, Jak Kamhi, and others. Though retired, he still continued to give lessons in accounting once a week. He has been a participant of many educational seminars and conferences.

References

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