EDUCATIONAL IMPROVEMENTS DURING ATATÜRK PERIOD- Let's Say Stop to Gender Discrimination in Education

Education viewed as one of the most important cause of regression in the Ottoman Empire and made a series of innovations in this field at the 19 and 20th century.However, the matters of education had to continue under the conditions of the war as the nation was officially terminated subsequent to First World War and Anatolia was invaded.With the declaration of Republic and the victory national struggle, educational and cultural issues as well as political,social and economical structure were included in the revolutionary actions.Therefore, a system which aimed at increasing the nation’s civilization level and which would educate the new generations mono national and secular was put forward.In this study Atatürk’s ideas towards education revolutionary actions that took place during Atatürk’s period will be examined.

‘’My greatest goal as a training man is to try to raise national culture.’’

EDUCATION PRINCIPLES ACCORDING TO ATATÜRK Education should be based on knowledge. Education should be national. Education should produce, good producers and successful generations in life. Educationn should save society from ignorance , raise the level of knowledge and morality of the community, develop and develop talents. Education should give children freedom and the new generations should develop self-sacrifice order and discipline. ‘’Educational policies of the revolutionary republic.’’

ATATÜRK’S STUDIES Collected National Education Congress (16th of July 1921)

Gender discrimination in education both gender equal right opportunities utilization.(Mixed transition education)

Trainig of scientific facts education.

Latin alphabet accepted.(1928)

Public education schools opened.

Turkish Language and History İnstitute opened.

Schools merger National Education.

ATATÜRK AND THE GENDER EQUALITY IN EDUCATION The importance of mixed education and girls education is one of the characteristic features of the Turkish educational revolution. The Turkish education revolution with mixed education women work in all areas of society foreclosure targeted to remove gender discrimination. Atatürk to ensure that girls get the best education mixed education is considered as the basis of education life.Atatürk never forgot the role of Turkish women in the war of indipendence.

Importance of education for girls in Turkish education has allowed the women to take the place she deserved in social life so democracy gathering was applied.