Yüzüncü Yıl Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi (Mar 2020)
An Analysis of the Structure of Higher Education: An Example of the II. Abdulhamit
Abstract
As The Tanzimat Reform Era was a period that laws were made in the field of education, the first schools and educational institutions were opened, followed by the reign of the II. Abdulhamit was a period in which these laws were put into practice, education was tried to be expanded the country wide by opening the new institutions in the center and province, the new steps were taken in the field of teacher training and higher education. Considering the developments in the field of education and the increasing number of educational institutions during the reign of the II. Abdulhamit, the foundations of modern education were laid in this period. From The First Constitutional Monarchy Period to 1923, there were important developments in the field of education, the foundations of The Republic Period education system were laid. In the period from The Second Constitutional Monarchy to The Republic, there have been important developments in terms of innovation in educational institutions and programs. Considering that the majority of educational studies were limited to İstanbul in the reforms years, education missions were extended out of İstanbul and significant progress were made in the transmission of educational studies to the provinces during the reign of the II. Abdulhamit. The positive development seen in terms of quantity in educational studies was not at the same level in terms of quantity during the reign of the II. Abdulhamit. During this period, the number of foreign and minority schools, professional and art schools increased considerably. During the reign of the II. Abdulhamit, new schools in almost every field were opened to prevent the Ottoman people from falling behind in education. In this study, the structure transferred to the Republic will be examined by evaluating the higher education missions and institutions were carried during the reign of the II. Abdülhamit by using document analysis and scanning method.
