Unit:
Κατεύθυνση Νεώτερη και Σύγχρονη Ελληνική ΙστορίαLibrary of the School of Philosophy
Author:
Dogantzi Alkistis
Supervisors info:
Παρασκευάς Κονόρτας, Αναπληρωτής Καθηγητής, Τμήμα Ιστορίας Αρχαιολογίας, Εθνικό Καποδιστριακό Πανεπιστήμιο Αθηνών
Ευάγγελος Καραμανωλάκης, Επίκουρος Καθηγητής Νεότερης Ελληνικής Ιστορίας, Τμήμα Ιστορίας Αρχαιολογίας, Εθνικό Καποδιστριακό Πανεπιστήμιο Αθηνών
Σπυρίδων Πλουμίδης, Επίκουρος Καθηγητής Νεότερης Ελληνικής Ιστορίας, Τμήμα Ιστορίας Αρχαιολογίας, Εθνικό Καποδιστριακό Πανεπιστήμιο Αθηνών
Original Title:
Η ελληνική εκπαίδευση στο Σαντζάκι Γκιουμουλτζίνας (ca. 1870-ca. 1912): διαδικασία διαμόρφωσης εθνικής συνείδησης
Translated title:
Greek education in Sancak of Gumultzina (ca. 1870 – ca. 1912) : the process of forming national consciousness
Summary:
The subject of this study is the Greek education at the Sancak of Gumultzina (Κομοτηνή in Greek, Gumuljina in Ottoman, Gumülcine in Turkish, Gyumyurdzhina/Gyumyuldzhina in Bulgarian) and the process of forming national consciousness through this education in 19th-20th century, approximately from 1870 since 1912. These years were chosen because in 1870 the Bulgarian Exarchate was established and the Bulgarian nationalism and all nationalist ideas started in the 19th century and in 1912-1913 the Balκan Wars caused a lot of changes which mark up a new era. The Ottoman Empire was limited in East Thrace, Turkish nationalism is being reinforced and becomes the dominant ideology in the Turkish nation.
Source for this paper is P.A. Georgantzis' book seperated in four volumes (Π.Α. Γεωργαντζής, Προξενικά αρχεία Θράκης, Ξάνθη 1998). Georgantzis was municipal council of Xanthi and in 1995 he started studying the Historical Archives of Greece's Ministry of Foreign Affairs in order to gather everything that refers to Xanthi and Thrace in general. The four volumes refer to the period between 1869-1908. For this paper only the three first volumes were used, specifically from the first volume 19 documents out of a total of 241 , from the second 5 out of a total of 256 and from the third 12 out of a total of 216 were used. In total 36 documents were used.
Sancak was chosen not only out of personal desire but also because it's a link between Thrace and Macedonia, especially Kaza of Xanthi. Also, the area of Ahi Celebi in Northern Xanthi adjoins with East Romelia. Areas close to borders are always interesting and points with intensive turbulences.
At the begining of this paper the Ottoman administrative division of Thrace will be examined. We will refer to areas of Sancak of Gumultzina in which Orthodox population was spotted (Kaza of Gumultzina, Ahi Celebi, Xanthi, Dari Dere). Subsequently we will focus on the organization of the education in Thrace. We are going to find out what education means in the Ottoman Empire and how Greek education was being embodied in Ottoman administrative mechanism. There will be specific reference in educational system, education levels, subjects, non-greek speaking population, professors and financial datas. Likewise, there will be reference in the education's providers. In the documents there are three poles. Community - Greek consulate - associations. What's the Ottoman opinion in Greek education? Is there a conflict between Ottomans and Patriarchate? Which is the consulates' role? The ending of this paper will be the conclusions.
Main subject category:
Education
Keywords:
Education, Ottoman Empire, Thrace, Komotini, Sancak of Gumultzina,
Number of references:
206
