Author/Authors :
KEÇECİ KURT, Songül Ağrı İbrahim Çeçen Üniversitesi - Eğitim Fakültesi - İlköğretim Sosyal Bilgiler Eğitimi Ana Bilim Dalı, Turkey
Abstract :
In this study, Private Islamic Schools that opened in the last years of the Ottoman Empire were investigated. Despite some private schools were opened during the Tanzimat Period (1839-1876 AD), they didn’t prove to be much qualified and last long. The first traces of Private Islamic Schools are found only after the Reign of Abdulhamid II, which were founded by Turkish communities, after passing through immense difficulties. This study puts up some research on Private Islamic Schools during the final periods of the Ottoman State. The purpose of this study is to highlight the place and significance of Private Islamic Schools that were opened up in Istanbul, during the period between 1876 and 1918, in Turkish history of education. Opened up during the final years of the Ottoman State to join the educational system of the Empire, the Private Islamic (or Muslim, in some other context) Schools have continued to offer training and education under supervision and control of the Secretary of Education, within the scope of modernization of Ottoman educational system. Principally and primarily aimed at ensuring a better education for Muslim community, at a level qualified enough to compete with that provided by international schools, these educational institutions operated in a highly troubled and frustrating period, which fact led them lag way behind their preset goals.
