Turkish History Education Journal (May 2021)
Sinop Rüştiye School: The graduation ceremony of 1882 as reflected in the press
Abstract
Education and training is a systematic activity that aims to equip individuals purposefully. Throughout history, education and training activities have been on the priority agenda of humanity both at the individual and social level. Education and training, which has become more prominent on a global scale today, has turned into a phenomenon that political powers have to plan at the institutional level for their continuity. Ottoman State is a political element that gives the necessary importance to education in terms of its continuity. In this context at the 19th century, one of the rüşdiye (Ottoman secondary school) schools opened within the scope of education and training activities in the modernization process was Sinop Rüşdiye School. The rüşdiye schools, which first started teaching activities in 1847 in Istanbul, followed be opened in the rural provinces since 1855. In the study, in addition to general information about rüşdiye schools; content information of Arabic, Geography, Persian, French, Hendese (Geometry), Hesap (Calculus), Hüsn-ü Hat (Islamic Calligraphy), The Qur’an with Tajwit and Ulum-i Diniyye (Theology), Malumat-i Nafia (Beneficial Knowledge) and Hıfzıssıhha (Public Hygiene), Painting, History, Turkish lessons and course hours are included. As progress has been made in the field of modernization and institutionalization in educational institutions, there have been new developments in education levels. A rüşdiye school was opened in 1864 in Sinop sanjak, which was dependent on Kastamonu province. The teaching activities of the Sinop Rüşdiye School, the number of students, the names of the employees were tried to be examined within the obtained information and documents. Thus, it is aimed to share information with the present study about Sinop Rüşdiye School that has not been shared at the academic level yet. In addition, in the context of the graduation ceremony news of 1882 in the press, it was tried to understand the point of view of educational activity from the perspective of an administrator, teacher, and student.
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