OSMANLI DEVLETİ’NDE GAYRİMÜSLİM MEKTEPLER YARARINA DÜZENLENEN MEKTEP BALOLARI (1880-1908)
SCHOOL BALLS ORGANIZED FOR THE BENEFIT OF NON-MUSLIM SCHOOLS IN OTTOMAN EMPIRE (1880-1908)

Summary/Abstract: Within the framework of Islamic law, non-Muslims living under the Ottoman Empire were free to choose the religion and sect they wanted and were free to fulfill the requirements of their religion. Non-Muslims organized according to the nation system had the right to be tried according to their own law in community courts. In addition, until the Reform Edict, they were required to obtain administrative permission to build new churches and schools and to repair existing ones, but after the mentioned edict, they became freer in the construction of schools, hospitals and churches. Non-Muslim schools were built and supported by a charitable person, community, foundation or churches. A certain amount of fee was also collected from students enrolled in schools. Despite all this income, sometimes the schools' income was not enough to cover their expenses. When such a situation was encountered, since the last quarter of the 19th century, lotteries began to be drawn and balls were organized to close school deficits and create a source of income for schools. From the 1880s to until the II. Constitutional Monarchy, some procedures had to be fulfilled for the organization of balls organized for the benefit of non-Muslim schools. What school administrations and trustees who want to organize such an organization should do, the problems encountered in prom organizations, which schools organize proms and where, are discussed under different headings within the framework of archive documents.

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