The Turco - Armenian Question
The National Congress of Turkey
Compte d'auteur
We will now broach the subject of the relations between Turks and Armenians which forms the special object of this work.
The majority of the latter people live as agriculturists in the Eastern provinces of Anatolia where they are mixed with Kurds and Turks, and in Cilicia where their neighbors are Turks. A considerable minority of them are settled in the big towns of the Empire, principally Constantinople. where their avocations are those of bankers, merchants or artisans.
Up to the reign of Abdul-Hamid they had no special complaint to formulate. On the contrary. Enjoying the confidence and esteem of their rulers, who employed them as their agents and advisers in their private and official affairs, they had special opportunities for exercising their talents and attained | 
