Lycée Saint-Joseph () is a private high school located in

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. It is a French school founded in 1870. Classes are taught in Turkish,

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, and English. Fenerbahçe S.K. was formed by students of this high school.

History

This school was founded by the

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(De La Salle Brothers). The

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religious congregation of

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for men was established by Saint Jean-Baptiste when it first came to Turkey in 1841. Pensionnat Saint-Joseph, a school for boys, was first established in Pera, now

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, in 1857. Its successor Frères des Ecoles Chrétiennes was established in 1860. At one time it moved to a rental property in

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but in 1864 it returned to Pera as it could no longer occupy the building, as the owner had sold it to someone else. Sultan Abdulaziz permitted for the school to build its own building in 1864, but he had to issue another declaration doing the same in 1870 as the original declaration disappeared. 16 August 1870 was the start of construction. It established a campus in Pera. Accordingly 1870 is listed as the founding year of the school. The society has since opened schools in Izmir and

. Currently, the society has 7,225 members, 60,000 teachers, and 785,127 students. They have 1,800 schools in 84 different countries. The school celebrated its 50th anniversary in 1921, 100th in 1971 and 125th in 1996. In 1987, the school began to also admit girls as students. He also rebuilt a school in Akarca that was destroyed in the August 17, 1999 earthquake. The school is called Akarca Turkish-French Brotherhood Primary School.

Notable pupils

Calouste Gulbenkian Calouste Sarkis Gulbenkian (; ; 23 March 1869 – 20 July 1955) was an Ottoman-born British Armenian businessman and philanthropist. He played a major role in making the petroleum reserves of the Middle East available to Western development a ...

(1869–1955), Armenian businessman and philanthropist *

Attila Aşkar Attila Aşkar (born September 4, 1943) is a Turkish civil engineer, scientist and former president of the Koç University in Rumelifeneri, Istanbul, Turkey during 2001 and 2009. Life Attila Aşkar was born on September 4, 1943 in Afyonkarahisar, ...

(born 1944), Turkish civil engineer * Zehra Bilgin (born 2002), Turkish Olympian swimmer *

Fuat Güner Aziz Fuat Güner (born 1 April 1948), better known as Fuat Güner, is a Turkish musician, member of the renowned band MFÖ. Early life He was born on 1 April 1948 in Istanbul, Turkey to a renowned photographer father, Sami Güner. He is of parti ...

(born 1948), Turkish musician and actor *

Enis Batur Ahmet Enis Batur (born 28 June 1952, Eskişehir, Turkey) is a Turkish poet, essayist, novelist, and editor. Education Born in Eskişehir on 28 June 1952, Enis Batur studied at St. Joseph High School Istanbul, B.A. in sociology at the Middle E ...

(born 1952), Turkish poet * Aydemir Güler (born 1961), Turkish communist politician * Uğur Uluocak (1962–2003), Turkish mountaineer and photographer *

Cem Bölükbaşı Cem Bölükbaşı (; born 9 February 1998) is a Turkish racing driver and former sim racer who competes in the 2025 European Le Mans Series for Nielsen Racing. He previously drove for DKR Engineering in the 2024 European Le Mans Series. Bölük ...

(born 1998), Turkish racing driver

References

External links

Official website

High schools in Istanbul Private schools in Turkey Educational institutions established in 1870 Kadıköy 1870 establishments in the Ottoman Empire {{Turkey-school-stub Foreign private schools in Turkey

History

Notable pupils

See also

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