According Maarif Yearbooks, Education and Cultural Life in Van at the End of the 19th Century

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Van, before the First World War, was one of the developed cities of the region in terms of education and cultural life. Educational institutions belonging to Muslims and non-Muslims which located both in the city center and different districts of the province, is an important indication of the multicultural structure of the province. On the other hand, libraries in the city center and newspapers in various languages are also given as examples to mentioned life. But the destructions, deportations and migrations caused by the war years, has led to enter into a major economic downturn as well as social structure. In other words, the decline occurring in the educational-cultural life and economic field were feeding each other. The trend that access in terms of the issues mentioned in Van at the end of the 19th century, it can be said easily that after half a century can not be caught. In this study, in the light of education yearbooks which is one of the major sources of Historical Geography, the educational structure of Van were examined and the information in yearbooks was supported by domestic and foreign several studies which made in this period.

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