Editing Ottoman Empire (section)

=== Education ===
{{Main|Education in the Ottoman Empire}}
[[File:Beyazıt State Library (14667026514).jpg|thumb|The Beyazıt State Library was founded in 1884.]]

In the Ottoman Empire, each [[Millet (Ottoman Empire)|millet]] established a schooling system serving its members.<ref name="Strauss-2016">Strauss, Johann. "Language and power in the Late Ottoman Empire" (Chapter 7). In: Murphey, Rhoads (editor). ''Imperial Lineages and Legacies in the Eastern Mediterranean: Recording the Imprint of Roman, Byzantine and Ottoman Rule'' (Volume 18 of Birmingham Byzantine and Ottoman Studies). Routledge, 7 July 2016. {{ISBN|1-317-11844-8}}, 9781317118442. [[Google Books]] [https://books.google.com/books?id=gY-kDAAAQBAJ&pg=PT194 PT194] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221101141741/https://books.google.com/books?id=gY-kDAAAQBAJ&pg=PT194 |date=1 November 2022 }}-[https://books.google.com/books?id=gY-kDAAAQBAJ&pg=PT195 PT195] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221101141742/https://books.google.com/books?id=gY-kDAAAQBAJ&pg=PT195 |date=1 November 2022 }}.</ref> Education was therefore largely divided on ethnic and religious lines: few non-Muslims attended schools for Muslim students, and vice versa. Most institutions that served all ethnic and religious groups taught in French or other languages.<ref name="StraussPT195">Strauss, Johann. "Language and power in the late Ottoman Empire" (Chapter 7). In: Murphey, Rhoads (editor). ''Imperial Lineages and Legacies in the Eastern Mediterranean: Recording the Imprint of Roman, Byzantine and Ottoman Rule'' (Volume 18 of Birmingham Byzantine and Ottoman Studies). Routledge, 7 July 2016. {{ISBN|1-317-11844-8}}, 9781317118442. [[Google Books]] [https://books.google.com/books?id=gY-kDAAAQBAJ&pg=PT195 PT195] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221101141742/https://books.google.com/books?id=gY-kDAAAQBAJ&pg=PT195 |date=1 November 2022 }}.</ref>

Several "foreign schools" (''Frerler mektebleri'') operated by religious clergy primarily served Christians, although some Muslim students attended.<ref name="Strauss-2016"/> Garnett described the schools for Christians and Jews as "organised upon European models", with "voluntary contributions" supporting their operation and most of them "well attended" and with "a high standard of education".<ref>[[Lucy Garnett|Garnett, Lucy Mary Jane]]. ''Turkish Life in Town and Country''. [[G.P. Putnam's Sons]], 1904. p. [https://archive.org/details/turkishlifeinto00garngoog/page/n259 205].</ref>