Women education between muslim and non- muslim in salonica during the Abdulhamid II: A comparative analysis

For a master thesis, analysing the whole territory of the Ottoman Empire in terms of education was too extensive. Due to financial problems and time scarcity, in this study, I had to chose the city, surrounded with sanjak of Salonica, had a special significance in the Ottoman geography as it included people from various races, religions and culture ( Jews- Christian- Muslim). In addition to cosmopolitan features of the city, Salonica had modern- developed schools and methods of teaching thanks to having some characteristics such as being center of the sanjak and having educated–rich people. Furthermore, it was one of the most flourishing cities of the Empire in that time. In the sections of Christian and Jews education I tried to drawn up via mostly secondary sources taken by academicians from Tel- Aviv, Hebrew and Aristotle University. The missing chapter which was Muslim Girls' education was filled up by primary sources based on archival sources, newspapers and educational and provincial yearbooks. In the last section, I elaborated on attitude of the Porte towards schooling in terms of finance, control and inspection. Keywords: Salonica, Sultan Abdülhamid, Girls' Education, Jews, Christian and Muslim Communities, Control, Inspection and Finance of Schools