Galatasaray High School ( tr, Galatasaray Lisesi, french: Lycée de Galatasaray), established in what was then Constantinople and is now Istanbul, in 1481, is the oldest high school in Turkey. It is also the second-oldest Turkish educational institution after

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, which was established in 1453. The name ''Galatasaray'' means ''Galata Palace'', as the school is located at the far end of

Galata Galata is the former name of the Karaköy neighbourhood in Istanbul, which is located at the northern shore of the Golden Horn. The district is connected to the historic Fatih district by several bridges that cross the Golden Horn, most notabl ...

, the medieval Genoese enclave above the Golden Horn in what is now the district of

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. A highly selective school, Galatasaray High School is often compared to the likes of Eton College in England and Lycée Louis-le-Grand in France. Since it is now an Anatolian High School, access to the school is open to any student who achieves a high enough score in nationwide entrance exams; the intake therefore consists of the top-scoring 0.03% of students from across the country. Drawing on a blend of the Turkish and French school curricula, Galatasaray High School provides education in both languages. The association football club

Galatasaray S.K. Galatasaray Spor Kulübü (, ''Galatasaray Sports Club'') is a Turkish sports club based on the European side of the city of Istanbul in Turkey. Most notable for its association football department, the club also consists of various other de ...

was formed by and named after the institution (in the club's formative years the footballers consisted entirely of students from the school). Galatasaray High School is the progenitor of the Galatasaray Community, which includes the football club, its parent

Galatasaray Sports Club Galatasaray Spor Kulübü (, ''Galatasaray Sports Club'') is a Turkish sports club based on the European side of the city of Istanbul in Turkey. Most notable for its association football department, the club also consists of various other dep ...

, and Galatasaray University. The High School has served as the alma mater of a string of famous figures in the worlds of art, writing and politics

History

Origins (1481–1830)

Bayezid II Bayezid II ( ota, بايزيد ثانى, Bāyezīd-i s̱ānī, 3 December 1447 – 26 May 1512, Turkish: ''II. Bayezid'') was the eldest son and successor of Mehmed II, ruling as Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1481 to 1512. During his reign, ...

(1447–1512) founded the ''Galata Sarayı Enderun-u Hümayunu'' (Galata Palace Imperial School).in 1481. The sultan often roamed the city, disguised as an ordinary citizen and legend has it that on one of these rambles he found a garden in

filled with beautiful red and yellow roses. In this garden, he met ''Gül Baba'' (Father Rose) of the

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. The Sultan asked the wise man about how to improve the Empire and the city as they filled with immigrants. Gül Baba explained that he was happy with the city, his rose garden and the reign of the Sultan, but he would be even happier if there was a school which would educate students from this diverse range of backgrounds, as this would train the wise men needed to serve such a large Empire. He told the Sultan he would be proud to serve as a teacher in this school in order to create a generation of valuable subjects for the Empire. Bayezid II took Gül Baba at his word and returned to the garden weeks later with the edict which established the Ottoman Imperial School in the grounds next to the rose garden, with Gül Baba as its headmaster. Gül Baba became the first headmaster of Galatasaray and administered the school for many years. He died during the Ottoman raid on Hungary and his tomb is located in Budapest. When the Ottoman army went to war, dervishes and minstrels accompanied it to provide prayers and entertainment but also armed themselves and joined in the fighting when necessary. Gül Baba was one of these dervishes.

Interim period (1830–1868)

Galata Palace Imperial School remained open until the 1830s, when the Tanzimat movement for reform and reorganisation drastically altered the Ottoman Empire's old establishment. Sultan Mahmud II (1808–1839) replaced the Imperial School with the Ottoman Medical School, staffed largely by French professors with most courses taught in

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. The Medical School was based in the Galatasaray (Galata Palace) buildings for some thirty years.

Modern period (1868–1923)

Sultan

Abdülaziz Abdulaziz ( ota, عبد العزيز, ʿAbdü'l-ʿAzîz; tr, Abdülaziz; 8 February 18304 June 1876) was the 32nd List of sultans of the Ottoman Empire, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire and reigned from 25 June 1861 to 30 May 1876, when he was 187 ...

(1861–1876) was the first Ottoman sultan to travel to Europe and, while in France, was impressed by the French educational system. On his return to Constantinople, he announced the Edict on Public Education which established a free compulsory education system for children under twelve. In September 1868, the ''Lycée Impérial Ottoman de Galata-Sérai''" (

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: ''Galatasaray Mekteb-i Sultanisi'') was established based on the ''lycée'' model. French was the main language of instruction, and many teachers were European. The students included members of all the religious and ethnic communities of the Ottoman Empire. From 1868 to 1878, most of the students non Muslims. Many of them were

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.Strauss, Johann. "Language and power in the late Ottoman Empire" (Chapter 7). In: Murphey, Rhoads (editor). ''Imperial Lineages and Legacies in the Eastern Mediterranean: Recording the Imprint of Roman, Byzantine and Ottoman Rule'' (Volume 18 of Birmingham Byzantine and Ottoman Studies). Routledge, 7 July 2016. , 9781317118442. Google Booksbr>PT195
Since this period, the district where the school stands has been known as Galatasaray. In 1905, the

was founded by

Ali Sami Yen Ali Sami Yen, born Ali Sami Frashëri (20 May 1886 – 29 July 1951) was an Albanian-Turkish sports official best known as the founder of the Galatasaray Sports Club. After the enactment of law on family names in 1934, he took the surname Yen, ...

and his friends in one of the school's classrooms (Literature 5B). In 1907 a fire broke out in the school and burnt its wooden buildings to the ground. The library, museum and archive were all lost; only some stones of the external walls survived. The school was briefly relocated to Beylerbeyi but in 1909 the students were able to return to a new stone building on the site.

Establishment of the Republic of Turkey to Integrated Education System (1923–1992)

With the abolition of the Ottoman Empire and the proclamation of the

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in 1923, the school's name was changed to Galatasaray Lisesi (Galatasaray High School or Lycée de Galatasaray). Instruction was conducted in Turkish and French, and the school was composed of an Elementary School (five years) and a Lycée (seven years) where French Language and Literature, Philosophy, Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, English and German were taught selectively in the last four years. The school became co-educational in 1965, and female students now constitute at least 40% of the school's pupils. One of the main buildings of the Feriye Palace on the

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, in the Ortaköy district, was given to the school when it needed to expand. Atatürk, the founder of modern Turkey, visited Galatasaray three times: on December 2, 1930; January 28, 1932; and July 1, 1933.

Integrated Education System (1992–present)

In the 1990s, Galatasaray High School entered another period of transformation. The signing of the Turkish-French Bilateral Agreement of 1992 led to the foundation of Galatasaray University which essentially grew out of the Lycée. With the addition of a new primary education school, the three units emerged as autonomous components of an integrated education system under the aegis of the University. Admission to the High School (or ''Lycée'') is by selective examinations and about one hundred children a year are admitted. Many graduates of the High School continue their education at Galatasaray University, where 25 percent of the enrolment quota is reserved for them. Until 1997, the High School provided eight years of education. After children had completed the five-year compulsory primary school course, they undertook two years of preparatory, three years of junior high, and three years of senior high school education. In the 2003–2004 academic year Galatasaray High School became a five-year senior high school, with the introduction of the eight-year compulsory primary education system in Turkey, including one year of preparation. Galatasaray has a diverse student body, with students coming from every part of the country. The current curriculum consists of a blend of Turkish and French curricula, plus a number of additional language courses and elective subjects. Courses on Turkish literature, geography, history, ethics, and art are taught in Turkish, while French Literature, philosophy, sociology, mathematics, and science courses use French as the language of instruction. In addition, English is taught in the primary school from the sixth grade, while Italian and Latin are taught in the high school. There is also some exposure to

Ottoman Turkish Ottoman Turkish ( ota, لِسانِ عُثمانى, Lisân-ı Osmânî, ; tr, Osmanlı Türkçesi) was the standardized register of the Turkish language used by the citizens of the Ottoman Empire (14th to 20th centuries CE). It borrowed extens ...

, Persian, and Arabic through literature and religion classes, as well as Greek through French classes. The students set up an English Club in 1997, which regularly participates in the Harvard Model United Nations Conferences and the

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's International Sessions and other events throughout the year. The ''Lycée de Galatasaray'' diploma is equivalent to the French ''Baccalaureate'', and graduates of Galatasaray are admitted to universities in France without further examinations.

Education

The school years break down as follows: French Prep (one year) Lyceum (four years) — admission through the Secondary Education Institutions Entrance Exam (LGS) University (four years) — admission through the National University Entrance Exam (YKS) In 2003, an eight-year primary school system (which integrated the previous five years of elementary school and three years of junior high under a single body) was introduced. Under this new system, the one year prep and four-year junior high education were transitioned into the primary school. File:Galatasaray Lisesi.jpg, Galatasaray High School in winter File:Türkiye İstanbul nostalji iki tramvay karşılaşması.jpg, Nostalgic tram passing in front of gates of Galatasaray High School on Istiklal Caddesi in Istanbul File:Galatasaray Museum2-Sultaniman.jpg, Galatasaray Museum housed in old post office building on İstiklal Caddesi, Istanbul

Galatasaray sports

Galatasaray extracurricular activities

* GSL Biology Club * GSL Mathematics Club * GSL Rugby Club * GSL Music Club * GSL Press Club * GSL Culture and Literature Club * GSL Theatre Club * GSL Arts Club * GSL Social Sciences Society * GSL Folklore Club * GSL French Club * GSL Travel Club * GSL Gastronomy Club * GSL Sports Club * GSL Science & Technology Club * GSL Photography Club * GSL Tango Club * GSL Civil Protection Club * GSL Cinema Club * GSL Natural Sports Club * GSL Philosophy Club * GSL Permaculture Club * GSL Animal Welfare and Ecology Club * GSL Computer Club * GSL Robotics Club * GSL Historical Simulation Club * GSL Chess Club * GSL English Club * GSL Anime-Manga Club * GSL Board Games Club

Notable alumni

Grand viziers and prime ministers

Suat Hayri Ürgüplü Ali Suat Hayri Ürgüplü (13 August 1903, Damascus, Ottoman Empire – 26 December 1981, Istanbul, Turkey) was a Turkish politician who served a brief term as Prime Minister of Turkey in 1965. He was also the last Prime Minister to be born ...

(1903-81), Minister of Customs and Monopoly, Prime Minister * Prof. Dr. Nihat Erim (1912-1980), Minister of Construction, Prime Minister

Foreign kings, presidents and prime ministers

* King Zog of Albania (1928–1939) *

Yitzhak Ben-Zvi Yitzhak Ben-Zvi ( he, יִצְחָק בֶּן־צְבִי‎ ''Yitshak Ben-Tsvi''; 24 November 188423 April 1963) was a historian, Labor Zionism, Labor Zionist leader and the longest-serving President of Israel. Biography Born in Poltava in the ...

(1884–1963), historian, Labor Zionist leader, and 2nd President of Israel *

Mohammed Ali Bey al-Abed Muhammad Ali Bey al-Abid ( ar, محمد علي بك العابد, ; 1867 – 22 October 1939) or, as he spelled his own name in French, Mehmed Ali Abed, was appointed the president of the mandatory Syrian Republic (from 11 June 1932 until 21 De ...

(1867-1939), President of

Syria Syria ( ar, سُورِيَا or سُورِيَة, translit=Sūriyā), officially the Syrian Arab Republic ( ar, الجمهورية العربية السورية, al-Jumhūrīyah al-ʻArabīyah as-Sūrīyah), is a Western Asian country loc ...

(1932) and Ambassador of Syria to the United States in Washington D.C. (1890 graduate) * Suphi Bereket (1889-1939), Prime Minister of Syria

Ministers

* Cihad Baban (1911-84), Minister of Culture and Tourism *

Yusuf Hikmet Bayur Hikmet Bayur (also known as Yusuf Hikmet Bayur, 1891–1980) was a Turkish politician. He was born in Istanbul (then known as Constantinople by the Western World). He was the grandson of Kâmil Pasha, one of the Grand Viziers of the Ottoman Empire ...

(1891-1980), Minister of Education of the Ottoman Empire. Galatsaray teacher in 1912-1920 *

Kasım Gülek Kasım Gülek (1905 – 1996) was a prominent Turkish statesman credited with being instrumental in entrenching democracy in Turkey by taking politics to the masses. Biography He was born and lived in Adana, Adana Vilayet, Ottoman Empire, ...

(1905-1996), Minister of Public Works *

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, Minister of Foreign Affairs * İlhan Evliyaoğlu, Minister of Culture and Tourism *

Orhan Eyüpoğlu Orhan Eyüpoğlu (1918 – 30 November 1980) was a Turkish politician. A graduate of Istanbul University's Faculty of Law, he was deputy director of the Istanbul Police force. In 1973 he was elected as the secretary general of the Republican Pe ...

(1918-1980), Minister of State * Turhan Feyzioğlu (1922-1988), Deputy Prime Minister *

Turan Güneş Turan Güneş (1922–1982) was a Turkish academic and politician who served as the minister of foreign affairs and deputy prime minister in the 1970s. He started his political career in the Democrat Party, but soon he joined the Republican Peo ...

(1922-82), Minister of Foreign Affairs *

Şükrü Kaya Şükrü Kaya (1883 – 10 January 1959) was a Turkish people, Turkish civil servant and politician, who served as government minister, Minister of Interior and List of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Turkey, Minister of Foreign affairs in s ...

(1883-1959), Minister of Agriculture, Interior and Foreign Affairs * Coşkun Kırca (1927-2005), Minister of Foreign Affairs *

Ahmet Reşit Rey Ahmet Reşit Rey (1870 – 1955) was an Ottoman liberal politician and government minister, who served as Interior Minister twice in 1912-1913 and in 1920, serving his second term in the cabinet of Damat Ferid Pasha. He was the father of reno ...

(1870-1955), Minister of the Ottoman Empire between 1912 and 1920 * Fikri Sağlar (1953- -), Minister of Culture * Mümtaz Soysal 1929-2019), Minister of Foreign Affairs * Ali Tanrıyar (1914-2017), Minister of Interior *

Hamdullah Suphi Tanrıöver Hamdullah Suphi Tanrıöver (1885 – 10 June 1966) was a highly influential Turkish poet, intellectual, diplomat and politician. He adopted his surname Tanrıöver after the Turkish Surname Law was enacted in 1934. Life He was born to Abdüllat ...

(1885-1966), Minister of Education * Cemil Topuzlu (1866-1958), Minister of Construction of the Ottoman Empire * İlter Türkmen (1927-2022), Minister of Foreign Affairs *

Fatin Rüştü Zorlu Fatin Rüştü Zorlu (20 April 1910 – 16 September 1961) was a Turkish diplomat and politician. He was executed by hanging after the coup d'état in 1960 along with two other politicians. Early life and education He was born on 20 April ...

(1910-61), Minister of Foreign Affairs

Ministers of foreign countries

Konstantin Velichkov Konstantin Velichkov (full name Konstantin Velichkov Petkov; in bg, Констaнтин Величков; 1855 – 3 November 1907) was a Bulgarian writer and public figure. Biography He was born in the town of Pazardzhik. Velichkov received hi ...

(1855-1907), Minister of Education of Bulgaria and writer (1874 graduate)

Governors

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Mehmet Sait Paşa *

Mar'i Pasha Al Mallah Mar'i Pasha al-Mallah ( ar, مرعي باشا الملاح / ALA-LC: ''Mar‘ī Bāshā al-Mallāḥ''; 1856 – 22 November 1930) was a Syrian political leader and statesman. Life Al-Mallah was born in Aleppo. He graduated from the Galatas ...

, last Ottoman Interim Governor of the Province of

Aleppo )), is an adjective which means "white-colored mixed with black". , motto = , image_map = , mapsize = , map_caption = , image_map1 = ...

, Syria (1876 graduate)

Notable diplomats

Below are the names of Galatasaray alumni, who represented the Republic of Turkey as ambassadors to the United States, Canada, the United Nations and other countries. United States: *

(GS. 1920) 1948–1955 * Şükrü Elekdağ (GS. 1943) 1979–1989 *

Melih Esenbel Melih Rauf Esenbel (March 15, 1915 – July 27, 1995) was a Turkish diplomat and former Minister of Foreign Affairs. Early years Melih Rauf was born 1915 in Istanbul. He was educated in law at Istanbul University following his graduation from G ...

1960, 1967-1974, 1975-1979 *

(GS. 1924) 1957–1960 Canada: * Coşkun Kırca (GS. 1945) 1985–1986 United Nations: * Coşkun Kırca (GS. 1945) 1980–1985 * İlter Türkmen (GS. 1945) 1975–1980 and 1985–1988 Austria: *

Daniş Tunalıgil Hüseyin Daniş Tunalıgil (1915 – 22 October 1975) was a Turkish diplomat. He was assassinated by JCAG in 1975 during his duty as the Turkish ambassador to Austria. Life and career Tunalıgil was born in Ankara, Turkey in 1915. He graduated f ...

(GS. 1933) –1975 France Nikola Milev

Necdet Kent İsmail Necdet Kent (1 January 1911 – 20 September 2002) was a Turkish diplomat, who risked his life to save Jews during World War II. While vice-consul in Marseilles, France between 1941 and 1944, he allegedly gave documents of citizenship to ...

: Given the title Righteous among the Nations for saving many Jews in the invaded city of Marseille in World War II.

Famous writers and poets

Tevfik Fikret Tevfik Fikret ( ota, توفیق فكرت) was the pseudonym of Mehmed Tevfik (December 24, 1867 – August 19, 1915), an Ottoman-Turkish educator and poet, who is considered the founder of the modern school of Turkish poetry. Biography Fam ...

Ahmet Haşim Ahmet Haşim (also written as Ahmed Hâşim; 1884? – 4 June 1933) was an influential Turkish poet of the early 20th century. Biography Ahmed Hâşim was born in Baghdad Baghdad (; ar, بَغْدَاد , ) is the capital of Ira ...

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Cahit Sıtkı Tarancı Cahit Sıtkı Tarancı (born Hüseyin Cahit; October 4, 1910 – October 13, 1956) was a Turkish poet and author. Biography Tarancı belonged to a well known clan family of Diyarbekir (present day: Diyarbakır) like his father Pirinççi ...

Other notable alumni

* Yunus Nadi Abalıoğlu, journalist *

Daron Acemoglu Kamer Daron Acemoğlu (; born September 3, 1967) is a Turkish-born American economist who has taught at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) since 1993. He is currently the Elizabeth and James Killian Professor of Economics at MIT. H ...

, economist *

, founder of the

* Engin Ardıç, journalist *

Bülent Arel Bülent Arel (23 April 1919 – 24 November 1990) was a Turkish-born composer of contemporary classical music and electronic music. He was born in Istanbul, and studied composition at the Ankara Conservatory and sound engineering in Paris. ...

, composer *

Ünal Aysal Ünal Aysal (, born 2 June 1941) is a Turkish businessman. He was the chairman of Galatasaray S.K. Business career He graduated from Galatasaray High School in 1961. He then studied law at İstanbul University and later at University of Neuchât ...

, 34th president of

Okan Bayülgen Kaan Okan Bayülgen (born 23 March 1964) is a Turkish actor, variety and talk show host, comedian and photographer. Biography Bayülgen was born on 23 March 1964 in Istanbul, Turkey, to a lawyer father and a painter mother. He spent six years a ...

, actor and TV show host *

Süreyya Bedir Khan Süreyya Bedir Khan (1883 in Constantinople – 1938 in Paris) was a Kurdish prince, a descendant of Bedir Khan Beg and a member of the Bedir Khan family. He was an influent supporter of Kurdish independence, a journalist and author of several bo ...

, politician and writer * Celadet Bedir Khan, politician and writer *

Mehmet Ali Birand Mehmet Ali Birand (9 December 1941 – 17 January 2013) was a Turkish journalist, political commentator and writer. Biography He was born to İzzet and his wife Mürvet on 9 December 1941 in Beyoğlu, Istanbul. His mother was of Kurdish descen ...

, journalist and TV news anchor *

Sadun Boro Sadun Boro (1928 – 5 June 2015) was the first Turkish amateur sailor to circumnavigate the globe by sailing. Early years Sadun Boro was born in Istanbul, Turkey in 1928. He spent his childhood at Caddebostan neighborhood of Kadıköy, Istanb ...

, first Turkish global circumnavigator *

Jirayr Ohanyan Çakır Jirayr Ohanyan Çakır (also known as Zhirayr Ohanian) (February 5, 1923 – 2003) was a chess player, coach, and former president of the Turkish Chess Federation. Life Of Armenian descent, Jirayr Ohanyan Çakır was born in Istanbul, Turkey on Feb ...

, President of Turkish Chess Federation *

Çetin Emeç Çetin Emeç (1935 – 7 March 1990) was a prominent Turkish journalist and columnist, who was assassinated. Early life He was born to Selim Ragıp Emeç, journalist and later co-founder of the Democratic Party, and his wife Rabia Emeç. He had ...

, journalist * Candan Erçetin, pop musician *

Feza Gürsey Feza Gürsey (; April 7, 1921 – April 13, 1992) was a Turkish mathematician and physicist. Among his most prominent contributions to theoretical physics, his works on the Chiral model and on SU(6) are most popular. Early life Feza Gürse ...

, physicist * Abdi İpekçi, journalist *

Todor Kableshkov Todor Kableshkov ( Bulgarian: Тодор Каблешков) (13 January 1851 – 16 June 1876) was a 19th-century Bulgarian revolutionary and one of the leaders of the April Uprising. Born in Koprivshtitsa in a wealthy family, he studied in his ...

, Bulgarian national activist * Bahadir Kaleagasi, businessman *

Fikret Kızılok Fikret Kızılok (November 10, 1946 – September 22, 2001) was a Turkish rock musician. He was a pioneer of Anatolian rock, a prolific songwriter, impresario, multi-instrumentalist, and an early experimentalist. Due to a heart disease, he died ...

, musician *

Faik Konica Faik Bey Konica (later named ''Faïk Dominik Konitza'', 15 March 1875 – 15 December 1942) was an important figure in Albanian language and culture in the early decades of the twentieth century. Prewar Albanian minister to Washington, his litera ...

, Albanian writer, journalist and diplomat *

Barış Manço Mehmet Barış Manço (born Tosun Yusuf Mehmet Barış Manço; 2 January 1943 – 1 February 1999), better known by his stage name Barış Manço, was a Turkish rock musician, singer, composer, actor, television producer and show host. Beg ...

, musician *

Stoyan Mihaylovski Stoyan Nikolov Mihaylovski ( bg, Стоян Николов Михайловски; 7 January 1856 – 3 August 1927) was a Bulgarian writer and social figure. Biography Mihaylovski was born to a prominent Bulgarian National Revival family in Elen ...

, Bulgarian writer and politician (1872 graduate) *

Nikola Milev Professor Nikola Iliev Milev ( bg, Никола Илиев Милев) (May 8, 1881 – February 13, 1925) was a Bulgarian historian, publicist, public figure, diplomat, and a participant in the Macedonian revolutionary movement. Biography Mi ...

, Bulgarian historian *

İlhan Mimaroğlu İlhan Kemaleddin Mimaroğlu (, March 11, 1926 – July 17, 2012) was a Turkish American musician and electronic music composer. He was born in Istanbul, Turkey, the son of the famous architect Mimar Kemaleddin Bey depicted on the Turkish lira ...

, composer * Simeon Radev, eminent Bulgarian diplomat and historian * Timur Selçuk, musician *

Süreyya Serdengeçti Süreyya Serdengeçti is a Turkish economist and former Governor of the Central Bank of Turkey. He is currently working as a lecturer in Economics at the TOBB University of Economics and Technology in Ankara, Turkey. Early life He was born in 1 ...

, economist, former Governor of the

Central Bank of Turkey The Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey, CBRT ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyet Merkez Bankası, TCMB, literally "The Turkish Republic Central Bank") is the central bank of Turkey. Its responsibilities include conducting monetary and exchange rate pol ...

Ferhan Şensoy Osman Ferhan Şensoy (26 February 1951 – 31 August 2021) was a Turkish actor, playwright and director. Private life Şensoy was born in Çarşamba district of Samsun Province in northern Turkey on 26 February 1951. After attending Galatasaray ...

, writer, comedian, actor, director, theatre owner * Turgay Şeren, soccer player, goalkeeper and team captain of

and Turkey * Haldun Taner, journalist, writer * Metin Toker, journalist, writer * İlhan Usmanbaş, composer *

Safveti Ziya Safveti Ziya is an Ottoman-Turkish writer. Born in Istanbul, Safveti Ziya attended the Galatasaray High School. He held various government posts, and in the early years of the republic, he became chief of protocol in the Ministry of Foreign Affair ...

, Ottoman writer

Notable former staff

Konstantinos Photiadis Konstantinos Photiadis ( el, Κωνσταντίνος Φωτιάδης; died 1897info page on bookat Martin Luther University) - Cited: p. 31 (PDF p. 33)) was the Ottoman-appointed Prince of Samos from 1874 to 1879.info page on bookat Martin Lut ...

- Former headmaster, Prince of Samos, and translator of the '' Mecelle'' into Greek.
info page on book
at Martin Luther University) - Cited: p. 32 (PDF p. 34)

References

External links

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