Maryam Şahinyan was born at Şahinyan Konağı , now known as the Camlı Köşk in the city center of Sivas , Turkey . Her grandfather , Agop Şahinyan Paşa , was the representative of Sivas in the first Ottoman Parliament established in 1877 . After the Armenian Genocide of 1915 , at the age of 4 , Maryam Şahinyan escaped to Istanbul via Samsun leaving behind many assets such as the Şahinyan Konak , 5 flour mills , and large amounts of real estate . The family settled in the Harbiye district of Istanbul and soon adjusted to a new lifestyle under the Republican Era of the Turkish Republic . She attended the local Armenian school Esayan
Armenian Genocide
Armenian Genocide
Maryam Şahinyan