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3rd November 1839 - Declaring of Tanzimat

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3rd November 1839 - Declaring of Tanzimat

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To this day, Ottoman Empire was considered as a Muslim empire. Thus, foreign language learning focused on Arabic and Persian. With the declaration of Tanzimat, westernization movement started in Ottoman Empire. So, after that day, foreign language learning focused on English and French.

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Opening of Robert College can be considered the beginning of ELT in Ottoman Empire. Robert College was an American school. So, they taught students English since they wanted to spread the American culture across Turkey.

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With this revolution, French became a compulsory subject in schools. English and German were optional.