II. ABDÜLHAMİD DEVRİNDE ISTANBUL MEDRESELERİNDEKİ ÖĞRENCİLERİN CERR FAALİYETLERİ - Internship Activity (Cerr) of the Students at the Istanbul Madrasas during Abdulhamid II Period

Madrasas were the schools which provided primary and high degree education for the students in the Ottoman Empire. Studens went to provincial for the Internship activity (cerr) after nine months of theoretical education during religious three months (Recep, Şaban, Ramazan). The internship activity was a kind of internship period for the students. In this study, the internship activity of the students who studied at the Istanbul madrasas during the term of Abdulhamid II were analysed by using scientific disciplines. Creation and development of madrasas in the history and during the Ottoman and Seljuk periods were touched upon briefly. The railways and seaways for the internship activity during the term of Abdulhamid II and the students’ travel expenses and their missions in the provincial cities were thoroughly examined in the light of the archive documents.