Abstract:Abstract:After the founding of Turkish Republic in 1923 in Turkey, with the exception of 15 years radically secular period, morality and moral education were based on religion and religious education. Sunni Islam, the official religion and worldview of the state in the Ottoman Empire, was the subject and standard of formal education except military schools. In eighteenth century, westernization forced by military defeats caused to found military and vocational schools (mektep) that taught new ideas and modern … Show more
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