Söğüt Hamidiye İdadisi
Söğüt Hamidiye High School

Summary/Abstract: One of the schools opened in the western style starting with the Tanzimat Period is the idadis opened as high school equivalents. The main purpose of the activities determined by Maarif-i Umumiye Nizamnamesi was to mix the Muslim and Christian subjects and to raise a common culture. Although the curriculum and contents of the authorities are shaped by the Maarif-i Umumiye Nizamnamesi, no program was determined regarding the architectural arrangements of these new schools. The architectural arrangements of the schools, which started with the Tanzimat Period, show various similarities and differences between provinces and districts. These new buildings, which were evaluated in the late Ottoman architecture, are eclectic and contain both western-style architectural arrangements and classical elements. One of the administrative buildings built during this period is located in Söğüt. Söğüt Hamidiye İdadisi was built during the reign of Sultan Abdülhamid II, and was one of the applications of this new architectural understanding of that time. The aim of this study is to make the architectural definition of Hamidiye Idadisi in Söğüt and to determine its place in the architecture of the late Ottoman period by examining the material and ornamental features of it. In this study, in addition to the sources, based on archival documents and researches made up to date will be compared with other structures with similar characteristics in Ottoman architecture.

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