Comperative analysis of Ziya Gökalp's and Prince Sabahaddin's views on education

Prince Sabahaddin and Ziya Gokalp are two thinkers who lived during the end of 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century. While Prince Sabahaddin defended Anglo-Saxon type of individualist education, Ziya Gokalp defended a modern way of education that has its power from the national culture. In this research, the views of Prince Sabahaddin and Ziya Gokalp on education are handled separately, and then compared from different aspects.In the first part of the research; the aim of the study, its importance, limits, the previous studies on the same topic, and the methodology of the research are explained.In the second part; the biographies of Prince Sabahaddin and Ziya Gokalp, the historical period they lived in, their ideological views and their achievements are explained.In the third part; Prince Sabahaddin?s views on social science, decentralization, social structure and its relationship with intellectual capacity, education and relicion are being explored; whereas Ziya Gokalp?s views on culture-civilization dichotomy and modernization, nation and national ideal, language, religion, ethics, national solidarity, family and woman, art, aesthetics, and economics are explained, if possible by giving their relations to education.In the fourth part, the views of Prince Sabahaddin and Ziya Gokalp on education are explored. Observations by Prince Sabahaddin on the situation of the Ottoman education system, his criticisms on this matter, and suggestions for possible solutions are emphasized; while Ziya Gokalp?s ideas on national education, concepts of educational system, formal-informal education, and the levels of education are given.The fifth part is where the similarities and differences of the views of Prince Sabahaddin and Ziya Gokalp on education are compared.At the final part of the research, the different education models that are created by these two thinkers as a way to realize their ideal concepts of society are evaluated, and the general results derived from the research are explained.Key Words: Science Sociale, Sociology, Social Structure, Decentralization, Private Entirprice, Individualist Education, Culture and Civilization, Education and Training, Formal and Informal Education, National Education.