Steven T. Katz,The Holocaust in Historical Context, 1994, pp. 86…indicates (based on 1919 British estimates) that though Ottoman data were generally reliable they did underestimate the Armenian population in 1914…
Mutlu, Servet (2003). „LATE OTTOMAN POPULATION AND ITS ETHNIC DISTRIBUTION”(PDF). Turkish Journal of Population Studies. Nüfusbilim Dergisi. 25 (1): 21. Архивирано из оригинала(PDF) 18. 09. 2015. г. Приступљено 3. 11. 2011. „There is no evidence supporting the Patriarch’s numbers. Conceivably they could have been based on church registers. But to date, neither any local church register nor any document showing the summation of local registers at the Patriarchate in İstanbul has been produced as proof (McCarthy, 1998a. стр. 56- 59). More important, even if such records of the Armenian population existed, how could the local priests, and hence the Patriarch who would be getting his numbers from them, ever know how many Muslims existed short of a census. Yet, the census figures belie the Patriarch’s . Hence, the Patriarch’s figures were nothing but politically motivated constructions."”
Mutlu, Servet (2003). „LATE OTTOMAN POPULATION AND ITS ETHNIC DISTRIBUTION”(PDF). Turkish Journal of Population Studies. Nüfusbilim Dergisi. 25 (1): 21. Архивирано из оригинала(PDF) 18. 09. 2015. г. Приступљено 3. 11. 2011. „There is no evidence supporting the Patriarch’s numbers. Conceivably they could have been based on church registers. But to date, neither any local church register nor any document showing the summation of local registers at the Patriarchate in İstanbul has been produced as proof (McCarthy, 1998a. стр. 56- 59). More important, even if such records of the Armenian population existed, how could the local priests, and hence the Patriarch who would be getting his numbers from them, ever know how many Muslims existed short of a census. Yet, the census figures belie the Patriarch’s . Hence, the Patriarch’s figures were nothing but politically motivated constructions."”
