مرکز منطقه ای اطلاع رساني علوم و فناوري - Education in and the Province of Bitola Where Atatürk Were Trained

Abstract :

The aim of this study is to put forward Bitola (Manastır), which had a strong influence on the intellectual development of Ataturk, and the education institutions in the province of Bitola, the development of them and their contributions to the region. In this study, documents obtained from the Ottoman Archives, state and province annuals and copyright works will be used as sources. When the Ottoman Empire began the process of modernization, educational institutions had their share of this case and western-style schools were opened. Also, the state commisioned these education institutions to save the future of the empire. Although the target could not be achieved, Atatürk, who was educated in these schools, became an important liberator of the Turkish Nation. Military High Schools were decided to be opened in the army centers in 1845. After this decision, Mekteb-i İdâdi-i Şahane, which was connected to Rumeli Ordu-ı Hümâyûnu, was opened in the center of Bitola. When ıt was decided to open secondary schools (Rüşdiye) in the provinces, Bitola was between 25 places chosen on the 2nd of July (Hijri calendar-24 N 1269). Thus, secondary schools spread around the province of Bitola and a civilian secondary school was opened on the 5th of December in 1885. At the same time, madrasas, schools for foreign ersandnon-Muslims in the province continued education. There were 2 civilian high schools, 1 military high school, 1 military secondary school, 15 secondary school for males and 1 secondary school for females in the province of Bitola in 1895 (R. 1311/1312) when Ataturk attended the military secondary school. In the following years, the number of schools were increasingly raising and Bitola, which was a center for Macedonia, with its educational institutions and intellectual life, educated important statesmen until 1912 when ıt separated from the Ottoman Empire.