Part 1: The Ottoman Islamic Background 1. Education and Early Ottoman Meritocracy 2. Education ad Defensive Modernization 3. Education and the Era of the Tanzimat 4. Reaction and Revolution: Education and the Foundations of Modern Turkish Nationalism Part 2: From Mekteb to Okul: Towards a National System of Education 5. The Structure of the Educational System Under the Republic 6. The Curriculum 7. Educational Expansion and Opportunities Part 3: The Schools and Aspects of Socio-Cultural Change 8. The Secularization of Education and the Laicization of Religion 9. Education and Problems of Political Culture 10. The Lise and Social Change: A Case Study 11. Modernism and Traditionalism in Turkish Education: General Conclusions and Comments. Appendices.
Biography
Andreas M. Kazamias
Original Reviews of Education and the Quest for Modernity in Turkey:
‘[a] well-documented study.’ Sydney Nettleton Fisher, History of Education Quarterly, Volume 8, No. 3 (1968)
‘Kazamias is to be congratulated on the preparation of a book which should have been written a generation ago…’ Sloan R. Wayland, Comparative Education Review, Volume 12, No. 3
