The Ortakoy Tarkmanchats Armenian Elementary School stands in Ortakoy, in the Besiktas district of Istanbul on the Bosphorus. It provides Armenian language schooling at primary level. Its name, Tarkmanchats, refers to the Holy Translators, the figures who rendered scripture and learning into Armenian after the alphabet was created, and the name is carried by Armenian schools in several countries. Ortakoy has its own Armenian church and community, and the school teaches its children. Families can find information at tarkmancas.com.