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OSMANLI MEDRESELERİNDE FELSEFE

PHILOSOPHY IN THE OTTOMAN MEDRESSES SUMMARY As it is known that the medresses in the Ottoman Empire are served as secondary and high educationallevels.The first Ottoman medresse is Orhaniye medresse. It was founded by Orhan Gazi in ıznik in 1330/1331. Nowadays, we don't have enough knowledge about the level of education in this medresse, but we know that, first of all, Davud-i Kayseri was a well-known teacher and then other teachers joint with him in this medresse. When we examine these teachers' lives, writings and scientific activities, it is understood that, this medresse gives rather high academic education. In that period, positive sciences possess also important place beside Islamic sciences. From this point of view Orhaniye medresse kept its importance until Bursa became capital city.