According to the Armenian Patriarchate of Constantinople’s Information Bureau, before the Armenian Genocide of 1915, in the vilayet of Karin/Erzerum, Armenians lived in 425 localities. The whole Armenian population of the vilayet was 202,391. Armenians had 406 churches and 76 monasteries, and 322 schools with 21,348 schoolboys and schoolgirls. The vilayet of Erzerum was divided … Continue reading Armenians in Karin/Erzerum Vilayet before Genocide of 1915