EDUCATION SYSTEM OF TURKEY

Abstract

This article comprehensively covers the modern education system of the Republic of Turkey and its components, as well as the activities of institutions preserving the country's rich cultural and historical heritage. It analyzes the legal framework of education, the compulsory nature of primary education, and the management system of higher education institutions (state and private universities). The material also describes the funds of such institutions of great scientific importance for the Islamic world as the Suleymaniye Manuscript Library, the National Library in Ankara, and the world-famous Topkapi Palace Museum, as well as the rare manuscripts and exhibits in them. This information serves to reveal not only Turkey's achievements in the field of education, but also its place as the center of Islamic and Ottoman civilization.