Armenians in Turkey are indigenous to Anatolia & Armenian highlands well over 3000 years , an estimated population of 40,000 ( 1995 ) to 70,000 . Most are concentrated around Istanbul . The Armenians support their own newspapers and schools . The majority belong to the Armenian Apostolic faith , with smaller numbers of Armenian Catholics and Armenian Evangelicals . Their original population during the dying days of the Ottoman Empire was estimated in excess of 3 million , from 1915 to early 1920 's it is estimated that over 1.5 Million of them perished during the Armenian Genocide and forced relocations into the Syrian desert
Armenian Genocide
Armenian Genocide
Demographics of Turkey