Women's Missionaries of the American Board and Adapazar？ Armenian Girls School

The American Board missionaries showed a special interest in places where the Greek and Armenian population were concentrated in the Ottoman lands. With the time the Armenians became the main target mass, external stations were formed in the various settlements where the Armenian population were located. One of these stations was Adapazari, which had an important Armenian population. Missionaries have placed a special emphasis on the education of girls who they see as potential Protestant mothers of the future. Their aim was to increase the education of girls, to contribute to the growth of female teachers, and to train educated partners for the missionary assistants and local teachers. Adapazar？ was one of the regions where Armenians lived in the city of ？zmit. The Board missionaries, who understood that they could influence the Armenians there, accelerated their activities especially after 1840. They continued their missionary work with the churches and schools they opened in Adapazar？. The Armenian Girls School, which opened in 1885, became popular among all the board girls schools. Adapazar？ Armenians, who had been subjected to separatist ideas under the influence of American missionaries over time, have betrayed the gathering they have lived in fraternity for centuries and have been engaged in separatist activities