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3rd November 1839 - Beggining of Tanzimat Period

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3rd November 1839 - Beggining of Tanzimat Period

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Before Tanzimat period, Ottoman Empire was effected by Arabic and Persian cultures. Thus, Arabic and Persian were taught to students in schools. After the declaration of Tanzimat, government wanted to abondon Arabic cultur and tried to have more westernalized culture. So, government decided to provided western languages education such as French, English and German.

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Robert College was established in 1863. It was the first school that had compulsory English lesson.

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With this revolution in 1908, French became compulsory in highschools. It was a milestone in foreign language teaching. In addition to this, English and German becamo optional subjects in schools.