Tevfik Sırrı Gür High School (or more formally "Tevfik Sırrı Gür Anatolian High School") is the oldest high school in

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, Turkey

History

The high school was established in 1909 by the Ottoman Empire Ministry of Education. However when Mersin was occupied by the French army in 1918, the commander of the occupying forces closed the school. After the Turkish War of Independence, the school was reopened. Beginning by 1926, its curriculum was revised and it continued as a junior high school. In 1946 a new building was constructed thanks to the efforts of the governor

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. From then on, it became a high school ( tr, lise), keeping the junior section. In 2005 its curriculum was changed again and it became an Anatolian High School.

Statistics

As of 2014 there are 56 teachers and 875 students in the school. There are 32 classrooms, 2 laboratories, a computer room, a conference hall, and a library.School statistics from the official page
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References

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