The number of Islamized Armenians according to different examinations surpasses 4 million.
The Armenians in Turkey hiding their nationality because of political, social and public reasons are frequently called "Islamized Armenians". The number of Islamized Armenians according to different examinations surpasses 4 million.
During recent years many of them started to voice about their Armenian origin and even took steps to be baptized in the Armenian Apostolic Church. The position of our church is clear. According to priest Komitas Hovnanyan there can be no half conversion, they must reject Islam and become full Christians.
Ethnographer Hranush Kharatyan objects that the position of our church means that we leave alone the Islamized Armenians against the hardest problem during this critical time. The lasting examinations of the ethnographer in Turkey allow to claim that these Armenians rejected both by Patriarchate and Armenian community, day by day merge and they must be given the freedom of choice.
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