TRENDEFRAtlas of the Sultans · Glossary
Term · Palace and dynasty
Also known as: palace school
The inner section of the Topkapı Palace and the palace school there that trained statesmen.
Talented youths recruited through the devshirme received training in language, religion, literature, the arts and warfare in the Enderun, and could rise from there as far as the grand vizierate. There are two views on whether the school was founded under Murad II or under Mehmed II. It was the main institution that trained the Ottoman ruling class.
Source: TDV Encyclopedia of Islam, article “ENDERUN” (in Turkish); text condensed for the atlas.