erm ined ▁purpose ▁of ▁education . ▁The ▁Ott oman ▁schools ▁were ▁a ▁complex ▁" ed uc ational ▁system " ▁based ▁on ▁( d iffer enti ated ) ▁mainly ▁on ▁religion , ▁established ▁with ▁different ▁curr ic ula ▁for ▁each ▁path . ▁The ▁Ott oman ▁educational ▁system ▁had ▁three ▁main ▁educational ▁groups ▁of ▁institutions . ▁The ▁most ▁common ▁institutions ▁were ▁med res es ▁based ▁on ▁Arab ic , ▁teaching ▁the ▁Q ur an ▁and ▁using ▁the ▁method ▁of ▁memor ization . ▁The ▁second ▁type ▁of ▁institution ▁was ▁id ad î ▁and ▁s ultan î , ▁which ▁were ▁the ▁reform ist ▁schools ▁of ▁the ▁T anz imat ▁era . ▁The ▁last ▁group ▁included ▁colleg es ▁and ▁minor ity ▁schools ▁in ▁foreign ▁languages ▁that ▁used ▁the ▁latest ▁teaching ▁models ▁in ▁educ ating ▁their ▁pup ils . ▁ ▁The ▁un ification ▁of ▁education , ▁along ▁with ▁the ▁closure ▁of ▁the ▁old - style ▁univers ities , ▁and ▁a ▁large - scale ▁program ▁of ▁science ▁transfer ▁from ▁Europe ; ▁education ▁became ▁an ▁integr ative ▁system , ▁aim ed ▁to ▁alle vi ate ▁pover ty ▁and ▁used ▁female ▁education ▁to ▁establish ▁gender ▁equality . ▁Turkish ▁education ▁became ▁a ▁state - super vised ▁system , ▁which ▁was ▁designed ▁to ▁create ▁a ▁skill ▁base ▁for ▁the ▁social ▁and ▁economic ▁progress ▁of ▁the ▁country . ▁ ▁At at ür k ' s ▁re forms ▁on ▁education ▁made ▁education ▁much ▁more ▁accessible : ▁between ▁ 1 9 2 3 ▁and ▁ 1 9 3 8 , ▁the ▁number ▁of ▁students ▁att ending ▁primary