The Yedikule Surp Pırgiç Armenian Hospital ( tr, Yedikule Surp Pırgiç Ermeni Hastanesi) is a

hospital A hospital is a health care institution providing patient treatment with specialized health science and auxiliary healthcare staff and medical equipment. The best-known type of hospital is the general hospital, which typically has an emerge ...

in the

Yedikule Yedikule ( en, Seven Towers) is a neighborhood of Fatih, Istanbul in Turkey. It is named after the seven-towered Yedikule Fortress, which surrounds the neighborhood. Urbanized in the 16th century, the neighborhood became a hub for industrial and a ...

quarter of Fatih district of

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which was established and continues to be managed by

Turkish Armenians Armenians in Turkey ( tr, Türkiye Ermenileri; hy, Թուրքահայեր, also Թրքահայեր, "Turkish Armenians"), one of the indigenous peoples of Turkey, have an estimated population of 50,000 to 70,000, down from a population of over 2 ...

History

Yedikule Surp Pırgiç Armenian Hospital's construction was started by Sultan II.Mahmut's edict in 1832 and hospital opened to service on 31 May 1834. Hospital is established by Ottoman Armenians led by Kazaz Artin Amira Bezciyan.

Today

The hospital today stands as a fully equipped, first-rate institution, serving the public, irrespective of ethnicity or religion. The hospital has a museum, Bedros Şirinoğlu Müzesi, inaugurated by

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, the

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in 2004, which displays various artifacts and paintings belonging to the Armenian

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of Istanbul.

References

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