Women’s Teacher Training in the Ottoman Empire during the Westernization Period, c.1839-1920//// Bat l la ma D neminde Osmanl mparatorlu u’nda Kad n retmen Yeti tirme, 1829–1920

Relying on the Ottoman archival documents and state and education registers, this article examines women’s education and the training of female teachers in the Ottoman westernization period (1839-1920). This study concludes that despite serious shortcomings of women’s education and the training of female teachers, gradually female teachers filled up the majority of positions in the girls’ teacher training schools. Furthermore, this article documents that a large number of foreign teachers were employed in these schools.