İzmir Atatürk High School
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İzmir Atatürk Lisesi (est. 1888) is a prominent high school in İzmir, Turkey.
History[]
İzmir Atatürk Lisesi (İAL) was established in 1888 as a 5-year preparatory school. The school was subsequently converted to a 7-year preparatory school in 1890 and became a high school in 1910. Serving more than a hundred years as a day and boarding school for boys, the school started admitting girls in the year 1998.
Presently, the school employs 98 full-time teachers serving the needs of more than 1500 students.
Notable alumni[]
- Prime Ministers
- Şükrü Saracoğlu (6th Prime Minister of Turkey)
- Şemsettin Günaltay (9th Prime Minister of Turkey)
- Ministers
- Vasıf Çınar, educator, politician, journalist and diplomat.
- Mustafa Necati, statesman
- Writers
- Poets
- Necati Cumali
- Attila İlhan
- Musicians
- Ahmed Adnan Saygun
- Chief of the General Staff
- Civil servants
- Behçet Uz, physician and Mayor of İzmir
- Hayri Kozakçıoğlu (Province governor)
- Sculptor
- Sadi Calik
- Academician / Science / Engineering
- PhD student TUM
- Sefaattin Tongay (Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, Arizona, USA)
- Ozgur Demirtas
(Professor, Sabanci University)
- Dr.Emre Sezgin digital health scientist and innovator, Columbus Ohio, USA
References[]
Categories:
- 1880s establishments in the Ottoman Empire
- High schools in İzmir
- Educational institutions established in 1888
- 1888 establishments in the Ottoman Empire
- Turkish school stubs