Determining and evaluating the enrolment standards and procedures for teacher training institutions from Tanzimat to Republic (according to documents of constitution and regulations)

The aim of this study is to determine and evaluate the enrolment standards and procedures in teacher training institutions from Tanzimat Era of Ottoman Empire to foundation of Turkish Republic. The study was formed using qualitative method and techniques and designed as a case study. Historical Ottoman Turkish documents from Tanzimat to Republic, which were prepared and issued by respective depart-ments in Ottoman Empire, and some documents published in literature were used as data in the study. These Ottoman Turkish documents were firstly translated into modern Turkish then sorted out at the later stage and finally the content analysis was made. In accordance with the data collected, it was determined in detail what enrol-ment standards were used and what kind of procedures were followed to select stu-dents. In this sense, it was specified that the criteria such as being an Ottoman citi-zen, being graduated from a secondary level school in existing educational system, being healthy, having no criminal past, being successful in the entrance examination, havingcompetence in some language areas such as Arabic-Persian-Turkish from var-ious respects, having basic mathematics competence were determined to enrol in teacher training institutions in Ottoman Empire. According to the procedure followed while these standards were being implemented, the necessity for applicants to have formal documents obtained from concerned authority emerged. At the end of the research, it was concluded that important regulations was made to qualified student admission especially for Darülmüallimin and Darülmüallimat from Tanzimat to Re-public in Ottoman Empire. Moreover, it was understood that a specific system in student admission to train qualified teacher were set and this system was selective at a certain level. Some suggestions are offered according to the findings and results of the study. Key words: Teacher training institutions, Darülmüallimin, Darülmüallimat, the enrolment standards, the enrolment procedures.