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Young Turkish girls at the Kasimiye Medresesi. Medreses were traditional seminaries, Islamic schools prior to Republican era. In 1924 all medreses in Turkey were closed down in order to secularise education.

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Young Turkish girls at the Kasimiye Medresesi. Medreses were traditional seminaries, Islamic schools prior to Republican era. In 1924 all medreses in Turkey were closed down in order to secularise education.