Abidin Özmen and their contributions to Turkish maarif

Abidin Ozmen lived between January 1, 1890 and January 1, 1966, and is a close witness to the intense political, military, social and ideological developments experienced in the last years of the Ottoman Empire. The world of ideas, which started to mature in these years, will pass into a new phase with secular, nationalist and ideological aspects, especially with the events and revolutions that took place during the years of the National Struggle and the early republican period under the leadership of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk. What he experienced during his bureaucratic life, which started in the Ottoman Empire, and the national, secular and modernization processes that took place during the National Struggle and the Republic periods left lasting effects on his attitude and world of thought, as well as profound contributions to his bureaucratic life. The fact that Ozmen held important positions during both political periods makes him historically important. In addition, the fact that he has been involved with the sociality of different regions, cities, towns and provinces, as well as the official and intense life of the urban environment, makes it valuable to understand what he has left behind. Depicting a sought-after, popular, hardworking and revolutionary profile of the single-party years, Ozmen presents an example of a biography filled with deputy, General Inspector, governor and Turkish Language Institution Presidency and other duties. Despite the fact that there is a wide literature in academic and general studies about Ozmen, it has been determined that his contributions to the spread of education and training and the elimination of problems were not properly addressed, especially during the Ministry of Education and I. General Inspectorships and Thrace General Inspectorships, which took place between 1934-1935. In this study, Abidin Ozmen's private life, world of thought, bureaucracy and political life will be discussed as a whole. However, the subject on which the thesis will focus more will be on Abidin Ozmen's contributions to the development of Turkish education and the state of its problems during his political and bureaucratic life. Key Words: Biography, Abidin Ozmen, Single Party, Ministry of Education, I. General Inspectorships