Özet:

Educational institutions, whiclı belonged to non-Muslims and started their operations during Ottoman Empire period, increased in number rapidly as they were exempt fi"om control of state and they started engaging into political activities .GUoman State who tried to keep these schools under control by the help of the laws that they enacted during the period was unable succeed despite their efrort to enforce those laws. These schools "vhich were partially responsible about the end of the state continued their presence during Republican period but they lasted as long as they continued their educational works. Ejforts to be exempt from audit were conducted on several occasions and ojfers were tried but they were prevented with laws. Their situation during the GUoman period dealt with in various ways in the light of the documents and the reasons for their failure and later on the practices during the Republican period along with Turkish government 's determination were discussed in this study

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