Mihran Apikyan (Armenian: Միհրան Աբիկյան; 1855, Istanbul - 1938, Istanbul) was an Armenian and Turkish writer and educator of Armenian descent. He is also known as Mihran Efendi (before the Surname Law) and with his pen nameMihrî. He is accredited for introduction European-styled educational methods in the Ottoman Turkish educational system.
İksir-i Elifbayı Osmaniyye (a book on the Ottoman Alphabet), Latürkî printhouse, Istanbul, 1297 (1881)
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↑Kevork Pamukciyan, "Biyografileriyle Ermeniler" (En: Armenian Biographies), Aras Yayınevi (Editorial Aras), Istanbul, 2003, p. 26
↑Etmekjian, Lillian K. (Summer 1976). "Armenian Cultural and Political Contributions to Reform in Turkey". Armenian Review. 29 (2): 174. Armenians helped improve Turkish education by preparing the first Turkish textbooks according to new European methods. Mihran Apigian alone is credited with the preparation of fifty textbooks.