@article{2014,title={A Model Islamic Education Of Turkey: Imam-Hatip Schools And Basic Features},abstractNode={The aim of this article is to examine and evaluate the Imam-Hatip model which represent the point reached by Islamic education experience in Turkey and its basic features. These schools are education institutions which renewed themselves according to actual conditions due to modernization efforts starting from the final period of Ottoman Empire and which are continuation of the madrasa tradition that initiated in Seljuk empire period with the support and monitoring of the state in Islamic education history. The intellectual basic of these schools is the effort for finding a harmony between traditional and modern references. These schools, with their way of appearance, structure, syllabus, students and graduates, have always been an issue for debate between secular and Islamic sections in agenda of Turkey throughout the history of Republic. These schools were shown as model to the madrasa reform process in Muslim countries in the period after September 11h 2001 and became an international focus of interest. In the article, the qualitative research method with document analysis technique was used. In the first chapter of the article making sense of Imam Hatip model was discussed. In the second chapter, basic features of Imam Hatip model that made a model for madrasa reforming was examine.},author={İbrahim AŞLAMACI},year={2014},journal={Journal of Turkish Studies}}