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As English did not have lingua franca status in the world, the global language was French. The languages taught before Tanzimat period included Arabic and Persian (Özkan, 2010)

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1838: Mühendishane-i Bahri-i Hümayun Adopts English

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1838: Mühendishane-i Bahri-i Hümayun Adopts English

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Due to the series of defeats in Ottoman navy, British naval school system was adopted. As a result, British teachers replaced French teachers. Consequently, English replaced French from being the compulsory foreign language (Boyacıoğlu, 2015).

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French grammar course was added to the newly found Mekteb-i Maarif-i Adliye. (Özkan, 2010)

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Due to the insufficient foreign language education in Bab-ı Ali, students started to go to foreign schools in Beyoğlu. Therefore, it was necessary that a local foreign language school be founded. Later, in 26th of March, 1866, Lisan Mektebi started its education with 20 students. It was closed and opened for a few times then (Özkan, 2010). In 1892, English was started to be taught in addition to French (Boyacıoğlu, 2015).

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Lycée of Galatasaray was founded in 1868 with the name "Mekteb-i Sultani". It is the first state secondary school, and the first state secondary school teaching a foreign language. Due to the French influence, the language of instruction was French (Çakır, 2007).

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After 1869, more secondary schools opened including French courses (Boyacıoğlu, 2015).

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In 1908, French was made a mandatory course, and English and German were made optionally available (Boyacıoğlu, 2015).