İzmir Atatürk High School

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

• Halit Ziya Uşaklıgil
• Ahmet Haşim
• Mehmet Emin Yurdakul
• Yakup Kadri Karaosmanoğlu

Poets

• Necati Cumali
• Attila İlhan

Musicians

• Ahmed Adnan Saygun
• Levent Firat

Chief of the General Staff

• Kazım Orbay

Civil servants

• Behçet Uz, physician and Mayor of İzmir
• Hayri Kozakçıoğlu (Province governor)

Sculptor

• Sadi Calik

Academician / Science / Engineering

• Ceren Kimna PhD student TUM
• Sefaattin Tongay (Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, Arizona, USA)

• Ozgur Demirtas

(Professor, Sabanci University)

References

Official website