In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “religious oriented educational institution typically attended before university”. Today it says “secondary education institution”.
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Machine-checked against the full current article on 2026-08-02. In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “religious oriented educational institution typically attended before university”. Today it says “secondary education institution”.
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The opening as it read in 2005
In Turkey, an Imam Hatip school is a religious oriented educational institution typically attended before university. Traditionally alumni have gone to the more prestigious Turkish universities, but have recently faced some discrimination in admissions due to the secular nature of the country's elite(and by extension, secular universities).1Current prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan graduated from one of these schools. v t e2
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The opening as it stood in 2010 2 passages from the previous snapshot no longer appear
İmam-Hatip Lisesi in Kırklareli In Turkey , an Imam Hatip school ( , 'hatip' coming from Arabic 'khatib', meaning the one who delivers the "khutba" (Friday sermon)) is a secondary education institution .As the name suggests, they were originally founded in lieu of a vocational school to train government employed imams ; after madrasas in Turkey were abolished by the Unification of Education Act ( ) as a part of Atatürk's reforms .However unlike other vocational schools their curricula contained just as much arts and science classes as normal high schools.They were single-sex schools until this was made illegal in the late 1990s.In time they had grown popular among the conservative families who wanted their children to be educated alongside children of other families with a religious inclination.Current prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan graduated from one of these schools.Originally alumni were able to go on to study in any faculty of Turkish universities , but in 1999 the rules were changed to restrict Imam Hatip graduates to faculties of Divinity alone.This caused a steep decline in their popularity.
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İmam-Hatip Lisesi in Kırklareli In Turkey , an Imam Hatip school ( , 'hatip' coming from Arabic 'khatib', meaning the one who delivers the "khutba" (Friday sermon) is a secondary education institution . As the name suggests, they were originally founded in lieu of a vocational school to train government employed imams ; after madrasas in Turkey were abolished by the Unification of Education Act ( ) as a part of Atatürk's reforms .
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The opening as it stood in 2020 1 passage from the previous snapshot no longer appear
Vocational schools in Turkey for cultivating muslim clerics An imam hatip school in Kırklareli In Turkey , an İmam Hatip school ( , 'hatip' coming from Arabic khatib ) is a secondary education institution . As the name suggests, they were founded in lieu of a vocational school to train government employed imams ; after madrasas in Turkey were abolished by the Unification of Education Act ( ) as a part of " Atatürk's reforms ".
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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023
Vocational schools in Turkey for cultivating muslims In Turkey , an İmam Hatip school ( , 'hatip' coming from Arabic khatib ) is a secondary education institution . As the name suggests, they were founded in lieu of a vocational school to train government employed imams ; after madrasas in Turkey were abolished by the Unification of Education Act ( ).
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The opening as it stood in 2025
Vocational schools in Turkey for cultivating muslims In Turkey , an İmam Hatip school ( Turkish : imam hatip okulu , 'hatip' coming from Arabic khatib ) is a secondary education institution . As the name suggests, they were founded in lieu of a vocational school to train government employed imams ; after madrasas in Turkey were abolished by the Unification of Education Act ( Turkish : Tevhid-i Tedrisat Kanunu ).
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Today
In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “religious oriented educational institution typically attended before university”. Today it says “secondary education institution”. Read the current article and compare.
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religious oriented educational institution typically attended before university
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secondary education institution
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