İmam Hatip school
| İmam Hatip School İmam hatip okulu | |
|---|---|
An imam hatip school in Artvin | |
| Location | |
Turkey | |
| Information | |
| Type | Secondary education |
| Established | 1951 (re-opened) |
| Founder | Democrat Party |
| Status | Open |
| Gender | Co-educational |
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).