After the conquest of Constantinople in 1453Sultan Mehmet II (r.l444, 1451-81) realized that there was an increasing need for more government officials to deal with the growing internal37 and external affairs of the empire. In additionthe Sultan was dissatisfied with the training of government officials. He was particularly disappointed with the inadequacy of the system of training officia1s through apprenticeship and practical experience.38 He realized that a new institution was needed to train more efficient bureaucratsqualified to address the increasing administrative demands of the empire.However, since any such institution would increase the number of qualifıed government officials, it \Vould inevitably accumulate considerable po\ver and authority.