Education in Kayseri at the beginning of twentieth century

iiiABSTRACTEDUCATION IN KAYSERİ AT THE BEGINNING OF TWENTIETH CENTURYSerhat KARADURMUŞDepartment of Primary EducationAfyon Kocatepe University. Institute of Social SciencesJune 2006Advisor: Yard.Doç.Dr. Mustafa Murat ÖNTUĞAt the beginning of the twentieth century education system in Kayseri has beenstudied in five sections.The first of these sections is Sıbyan Mektepleri .They weresituated in almost every district especially around the mosques .These schools are alsocalled ?Taş Mektepleri? .The second section ; Schools (Medrese) in Kayseri duringOttoman Empire .In this period these schools lost their effect in Kayseri as well as in thewhole country. The third section is ; Rüştiye , Idadi and Sultani .In this section?Kayseri İdadisi? which survived up to now is highlighted. This school started itseducation life as Idadi and then became Sultani and finally continuing as a HighSchool. The fourth section explains the schools which are founded by Foreigners andschools founded by Non-Muslims .When we look at the numbers of students andestablishment dates of these schools we will see that they are more than MuslimSchools.There are two foreign schools in Kayseri .They were established by Americans.The fifth section is Libraries in Kayseri .The most important of these is the librarywhich was opened by the founder of Divan-ı Hümayun, Raşid Efendi .This Librarycontains a great number of handwriting articles and still on duty beside Cami Kebir.