When the Second Constitution was inaugurated in the
Ottoman Empire, Young Turks targeted to inculcate
the new generations with the principles of the
Constitutional Monarchy and destruct the symbols of
the Hamidian Regime, for the purpose of securing the
continuity of the new system. After the Balkan Wars,
the success of the Balkan nations in the wars was
explained with the nationalist education they
received in their schools, and Turkish nationalism
became the dominant educational doctrine, surpassing
Ottomanism. The concepts of motherhood and womanhood
were re-defined in this nationalist atmosphere, and
the female citizens were given the duty to construct
the nationalist generations of the future. This
book aims to analyze the education of Ottoman girls
during the Second Constitutional Era, and to examine
the ideal female citizen model, which was
described in the primary and secondary school
textbooks.
Ottoman Empire, Young Turks targeted to inculcate
the new generations with the principles of the
Constitutional Monarchy and destruct the symbols of
the Hamidian Regime, for the purpose of securing the
continuity of the new system. After the Balkan Wars,
the success of the Balkan nations in the wars was
explained with the nationalist education they
received in their schools, and Turkish nationalism
became the dominant educational doctrine, surpassing
Ottomanism. The concepts of motherhood and womanhood
were re-defined in this nationalist atmosphere, and
the female citizens were given the duty to construct
the nationalist generations of the future. This
book aims to analyze the education of Ottoman girls
during the Second Constitutional Era, and to examine
the ideal female citizen model, which was
described in the primary and secondary school
textbooks.