The Ottoman Tribal School: Surveillance and the students` lives in the school

This thesis, on the Ottoman tribal school, investigates the surveillance and the students' lives in the school. It shows how Abdulhamid II and his officers established mechanisms in order to control the students. The work focuses on which strategies and tools were used by the sultan and his governors to supervise the sons of tribes in the Ottoman tribal school. This thesis also shows how the students' lives were in the school. It considers on the students' experiences, problems, and their reactions against the school administration through sample events. Most of the primary sources used in this work are documents of the Ottoman Archives. This thesis aimed to develop an anthropological perspective to the Ottoman tribal school.