Arousyag Mgrdichian collection - Istanbul, Turkey
The materials on this page are from Arousyag Mgrdichian’s collection. Arousyag was born in the Balat neighborhood of Istanbul. She inherited these objects and photographs from her ancestors; her mother, Shnorhig Mgrdichian (born Kltian) was born in the village of Kangal in Sivas/Sepasdia in 1910 and died in Istanbul in 1985, while her father, Kevork Mgrdichian, was born in Erzincan/Yerznga in 1910 and died in Istanbul in 1983. Some of the material in Arousyag’s collection was part of her mother’s dowry.
Sivas, the Kltian family. Hagop Kltian is seated on the right. Hagop’s wife, Takouhi, is standing in the middle. The others are Hagop's daughters, Baydzar and Lousig. After his first wife's (Dirouhi) death, Hagop remarried with Takouhi, who was a widower and had a son named Missak. Hagop and Takouhi later had a daughter named Shnorhig (Arousyag’s mother).