The Two Formulas of Social Development in Turkey: The Occurrence of the History of Educationalism and Economical Approach

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This study attempts to show the history of educationalism as the precondition for social and economic development in Turkey. Educationalism occurred at the beginning of the 19th century in the Ottoman State. At that time it began to be seen as providing a major formula for the return to the powerful state of the Ottoman classical age. In this sense educationalism was accepted by the Ottoman traditional intellectuals, was shaped by the ruling class of the Ottoman State according to its historical interests. Although the Young Turks criticized government and suggested a constitutional monarchy, they did not depart from the traditional educationalist ideas until the beginning of the 20th century. The educationalist’s approach to social and economic development transformed into the economic approach with the establishment of the relation between Union and Progress as an organization of the Young Turks and the Ottoman bourgeoisie.

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Educationalism , Economic Approach , Social Development , Intellectuals

Mediterranean Journal Of Humanities

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Mediterranean Journal Of Humanities