Abstract:

The purpose of this article is to examine the changing dimensions of citizenship transfer in the context of state perception during the transition from the empire to the Republic. It will be based on the citizenship books of both periods. This research has been conducted on the written and followed textbooks which were the Ottoman Empire's final curriculum within the 1914 Mekâtib-i Iptidaiye Course Curriculum of the Musâhabât-i Ahlâkıyye on (Tarihiyye, Sihhiyye and Medeniyye) and the Republic of Turkey's first curriculum for the 1924 First School Curriculum Program of the courses under the name of Musâhabât-i Ahlâkıyye and Ma'lûmât-i Vataniye. In the study, books prepared by Ali Seydi for the first and second degrees of the Devre-i Aliye of the Empire Period in 1920 and the book of Picimli, New Mushabât to Ethics and Civilization prepared by Mithad Sadullah in 1923 were studied. For the Republic Period, the book New Ma'lûmât-i Vataniye and Civilization prepared by Mithad Sadullah in 1924 and Doctor Ali Rıdvan for the fifth degrees of the first schools, and Musâhabât-i Ahlâkıyye and Ma'lûmât-i Vataniye written by Muallim Orhan Fuad in 1924 has been studied. When the textbooks of the two periods are examined, it is seen that with the transition from the constitutional monarchy to the Republic, there have been transformations in the understanding of homeland, nation, sovereignty and institutional-legal structure, thus the first traces of the orientation to a secular-democratic order become evident.

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Abstract:

The purpose of this article is to examine the changing dimensions of citizenship transfer in the context of state perception during the transition from the empire to the Republic. It will be based on the citizenship books of both periods. This research has been conducted on the written and followed textbooks which were Ottoman Empire’s final curriculum within the 1914 Mekâtib-i Iptidaiye Course Curriculum of the Musâhabât-i Ahlâkıyye on (Tarihiyye, Sıhhiyye and Medeniyye) and the Republic of Turkey’s first curriculum for the 1924 First School Curriculum Program of the courses under the name of Musâhabât-ı Ahlâkıyye ve Ma’lûmât-ı Vataniye. In the study, Yeni Musâhabât-ı Ahlâkıyye books prepared by Ali Seydi for the first and second grades of the Devre-i Aliye of the Empire Period in 1920 and the book of Resimli, Yeni Musâhabât-ı Ahlâkıyye ve Medeniyye prepared by Mithad Sadullah in 1923 were studied. For the Republic Period, the book Yeni Ma’lûmât-ı Vataniye ve Medeniyye prepared by Mithad Sadullah in 1924 and Doctor Ali Rıdvan for the fifth graders of the first schools, and Musâhabât-ı Ahlâkıyye ve Ma’lûmât-ı Vataniye written by Muallim Orhan Fuad in 1924 has been studied. When the textbooks of the two periods are examined, it is seen that with the transition from the constitutional monarchy to the Republic, there have been transformations in the understanding of homeland, nation, sovereignty and institutional-legal structure, thus the first traces of the orientation to a secular-democratic order become evident.