Himaye-i Etfal Cemiyetinin Mali Durumu Hakkında Bir Değerlendirme
An Evaluation of the Financial Situation of the Himaye-I Etfal Society

Summary/Abstract: Child is the future of the world, the most basic being of a society. Every country in the world has taken some precautions to protect children, who are the guarantee of their future. A child in need of protection means a child who is abandoned by his or her parents and who doesn't have parents. In Ottoman society, the issue of children was carefully emphasized, possible attention was paid to the protection, care, nutrition and education of children. Children were primarily taken care of within the family. In cases where the family was not available, it was a tradition that the care and protection of the child was provided by the family's immediate circle. It is known that the first application aimed at protecting children in Ottoman society was the inheritance notebooks. From this viewpoint, in the Ottoman, we first come across applications regarding child protection in inheritance notebooks. In the following periods, children in need of protection were cared for by foundations. In the following periods, children in need of protection were cared for by foundations. This study aims to reveal the effort to improve the conditions in the period when Himaye-i Etfal Society established to protect the orphans was founded, country conditions, the financial conditions of the society. The cause for the establishment of such an foundation was the orphans and effort to save them.

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