Background
Agop Handanyan was born in Diyarbakir but moved to Istanbul at the age of 5.
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Agop Handanyan
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He first studied at the local Armenian Jemaran Lyceum in the Asiatic part of Constantinople.
Career
He was of Armenian descent. After graduating from the Lyceum, he pursued a medical career. In 1860, he finished his studies at the Mekteb-i Tıbbiye-i Şahane, which was the first Medical school in the Ottoman Empire. in 1878, he became the professor of the Military Medical Academy after Serovpe Vicenyan, a professor of Armenian origin, decided to step down.
He later worked for the general archives of the Assembly of Civil Medical School.
