Abstract

This research was carried out before the period described as "Arab Spring" in Egypt which is one of the highly effective countries of Middle East in political, economic and demographic structuring. The aim was to determine the Ottoman Turks image of Egyptian secondary school third grade students. Descriptive scanning model out of quantitative research procedures was used in the research and within this scope general scanning model was used. Secondary school third grade students who study in Egypt form the theoretical universe of the research. Convenience/accidental sampling method was preferred while choosing sample out of the universe of the research. Third grade students who studied in a village secondary school and had their last lessons in Egypt form the sample group. The scale which was developed by the researcher was used as data collection tool in the research. In the scale, there are 2 open cloze and 4 multiple-choice questions and 19 items to be answered according to the 3-point Likert scale. The data obtained from Likert scale was analyzed with the SPSS 21 package programme. Analyses were made via Cronbach's Alpha, t-test, one-way ANOVA technique, Chi-squared test, frequency and percentage analysis. It was concluded in the research that the Ottoman perception of the aforementioned students were indecisive close to negative.

Key words: Ottoman image, Egypt, comparative education.