Ermeniler'in XIX. Yüzyılda Yeni Bir Hayatın ve Edebiyatın Oluşum Sürecine Katkıları.

The XIXth century was a sharp turning point in the modernization adventure of the Ottoman Empire. This process can be called as the submission to the West. Not only the technology but also institutions, laws, even traditions were adopted. The state was being rebuilt while at the same time being Europeanized. One of the most important factors was the theatres. The pioneers of Western-type Turkish theatre were the Armenians. The first civil society organization which had been established by the Ottoman elites was the Cemiyyet-i İlmiyye-i Osmâniyye (Ottoman Science Society). The Organization (Cemiyyet) established in 1861 and whose aim has been expressed as "to provide the expansion of the natural sciences and technology by the Authority of State Elites (Memâlik-i Mahrûsa-i Şâhâne). The leadership and pioneership of the Armenians for the theater, civil society, science and journalism as well as the emerging process of a new social life and literature has been summarized. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]