Abstract:

This is a descriptive study intended to reveal the effects of the first days of the Battle of Gallipoli on schools in Istanbul. To collect data for the research, central archive records of the Ottoman Archives of the Prime Minister’s Office (BOA), General Staff Department of Military History and Strategic Research (ATASE) have been searched. Documentation in Ottoman Turkish has been translated into contemporary Turkish by the researcher. At the same time, literature in Turkish language related to the subject has also been searched. On April 25, 1915, which marks the first day of the Gallipoli landing, there was a significant increase in the number of injured soldiers and the treatment of these soldiers was a pressing matter. For this purpose, wounded soldiers were transported to Istanbul on ships, and school buildings turned into hospitals for the treatment of these soldiers. For this reason educational activities at many schools were hindered

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