The measurement of regional inequalitive opportunity for Turkish middle school between dynastic period to republic period with Atkinson approach

Abstract

The aim of this study was to investigate level of social utility from teachers to the students in middle schools in Turkey for Dynastic period to republic period. In the study, the Atkinson indices were used to calculate between 1897 and 1997. The data were depended on web site of Turkish Statistical Institute and the first statistical yearbook in Ottoman Empire. The indices have found that there are inter - regional inequalitive distribution of teachers and that there are loosing of social utility for the students from teachers. Levels of social utility from the teachers were 73.3 % in 1897 and 93.7 % in 1997. After there had been high levels of loosing for social utility from inter-regional inequalitive distribution in Turkish middle schools in 1897, the distribution improved during republic period. Hence we can claim that there was almost absolute equality for regional balance of teacher / student in Turkish middle schools.