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There were fifteen medrese made during the Ottoman Empire in Cyprus. According to their notebooks, there were twelve medrese registered. These medrese were teaching at high school level. The first metdrese in the island is the Great Medrese built in 1573, Nicosia. The Little Medrese, which is located in Nicosia, has been built after five years. On two metdrese were only able to continue to study up to eight British era.

On five metdrese nineu is only recognized by Turkey in North Cyprus, five are located in the southern part of the island. Information about where one is located. While the settlement of the most metdrese is seven metdrese, he monitors him with two metdrese. If Gazimağusa is located in Larnaca, Limassol, Peristerona and Lefke.

In the island, the medrese training was at a very high level. A. According to the researcher called Süha, the medrese in Cyprus during this period was to attract students from the southern part of Anatolia. At the beginning of the student sender cities, Mersin, Anamur, Antalya and Adana came. After the 16th century, this type of education began to be weakened on the island as it is in the Ottoman stretch. It is forbidden to close them with a law. Then, in the late Ottoman era and British domination, this education was weakened further and ended in the 1939-40 educational season. Large Medrese, the last medrese education, was released in 1936, but the education continued for a while. On the news that the medrese in 1931 was destroyed and again, some island residents metdrese. Today, most of the medrese are harap.

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Different sources related to the construction dates of some metdrese give different dates. Such structure dates are indicated by the "/" mark.

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Today, some metdrese are harap. The Great Medrese in Nicosia was destroyed in 1936, and after the completely abandonment of several years, and only remains remained. Apart from this, the fountain is standing. The ruins and fountains of small Medrese have reached today.

Peristerona Medresesi is also harap. Pirpaşa Medresesi has only been able to access the remains to the present day. Immediately after it was done, the medrese, which is harap in 1584, has been retributed over time if repaired in 1825.

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All metdreses were connected to the Foundation Administration (Evkaf). The money required for the construction and students of Medrese was met by donations.

In the records held between 1927-1938, Hamidiye (Arab Ahmet) Medresesi was found in the foundations of Great Medrese and Small Medrese. The record of those and non-faallers in the mosque patronage has not been kept. During this period, the shirt, document and existence of foundations are as follows. Here is the word "file carton" in a sense, the word "soft paper, varicose paper" in the meaning of the