Şehzade

A designated crown prince used the title of Valiahad or Veliahd (Ottoman Turkish: ولی عہد), meaning "the successor by virtue of a covenant", and the full style of Devletlû Najabatlu Valiahd-i Saltanat Şehzade-i Javanbahd (given name) Efendi Hazretleri.

Although the princes who started the school took a wide variety of courses, they were mainly trained in reading, writing, the Koran and basic religious education.

These education, which lasted until the age of 11 or 15, also included practical lessons such as fighting and horse riding.

[2] After the theoretical and basic education received until the age of 11 or 15, şehzades were sent to the sanjaks (provinces) for practical training until their turn to rule came.

The period of sending to sanjaks for this practical training ended with Ahmed I, being Mehmed III the last Ottoman Sultan to be sent to a province as governor.

Under this system, princes who completed their education up to the age of ten began to live in the sections reserved for them in apartments called Şimşirlik in palaces.

In subsequent years, the sultan Abdülhamid II wanted his children to get more attention and better education in this school.

With the declaration of the Second Constitutional Monarchy in 1908, this school was closed Abdülhamid's dethronement in 1909 also changed the education and other conditions of the princes.

In 1913, the "Regulations determining the status and positions of members of the dynasty" came into force for the education of princes.

According to this regulation, the princes would learn to read and write a foreign language after having had a perfect education in Turkish and Arabic.

The final decision on the prince's education was made on February 7, 1922, with the "Hanedân-ı Saltanat Decree".

Before the implementation of the cage system (Kafes), in which the practice of being sent to the sanjak was abolished, the princes previously assumed military duties and had improved themselves in this respect.

However, after this period, although the princes lived a freer life, they did not participate largely in state administration or in the military.

Thus it was that the state administration was transformed into a highly centralized structure, making the sultan an "absolute ruler".