Aşiret Mektebi ve Türkçe Eğitimi
Tribal School and Turkish Education

Author(s): Tuğba Şimşek
Subject(s): Education, School education, History of Education, State/Government and Education, The Ottoman Empire
Published by: Özgür Yayın Dağıtım Ltd. Şti.
Keywords: education; schools; Turkish education; Tribal School;
Summary/Abstract: Tribal School was established by the instructions of Abdulhamid II and is a product of his effort to restore the central authority of the Ottoman Empire by making use of local powers. This school, which was established for the children of prominent families of Arab (Urban) tribes, wanted to include the children of Albanian and Kurdish tribes, and the scope of the school was expanded. This school, which was established during the disintegration period of the Ottoman Empire, is an important example of the use of education to strengthen the authority. This school aims to instill Turkish and Ottoman culture in the children of strong families in its regions, to ensure that the graduates have a say in the administration and thus to increase their loyalty to the sultanate and the caliphate. The primary aim of this study is to reveal the work and functioning of the school, which undertakes such an important task, to examine Turkish lessons. For this purpose, historical documents were examined by using content analysis, one of the descriptive analysis methods, and compared with other studies in the literature, it was tried to be revealed impartially. In conclusion; The use of Turkish lessons and the teaching of lessons in Turkish in this school, which was established with the aim of resurrecting an empire, shows that the unifying power of the language is being used. When we examine the Ottoman Empire's understanding of education in terms of the Tribal School, we see the value given to the student and the understanding that aims to raise the student morally as well as academic success.

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