During the Ottoman Empire, a key objective of education was to raise 'good Muslims'. Thus there was a need for Islamic clerics, which was sustained through Islamic Theology Schools, called Madrasa.[1] In 1913, the Medresetü-l Himmeti ve Hutaba (Schools for Education of Islamic Clerics) and Medresetü-l Vaizin (Schools for Preachers) were combined to form the tangible origins of today's Imam Hatip high schools.[1]