İzmir Atatürk High School
İzmir Atatürk High School (Turkish: İzmir Atatürk Lisesi; est. 1886) is a high school in İzmir, Turkey.
History
İzmir Atatürk High School (İAL) was established in 1886 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.
Currently, 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
- Reşit Galip
- Metin Bostancıoğlu
- İlhami Sancar
- Hilmi Uran
- Şerif Tüten
- Sırrı Day
- Sümer Oral
- Mayors
- Writers
- Poets
- Musicians
- Ahmed Adnan Saygun
- Levent Fırat
- Chief of the General Staff
- Civil servants
- Behçet Uz, physician and Mayor of İzmir
- Hayri Kozakçıoğlu (Province governor)
- Ahmet Piriştina Mayor of İzmir
- Journalist
- Sportsperson
- Hüseyin Beşok, part of 2001 European Silver Medalist Basketball Team
- Mahmut Özgener, footballer, president of Turkish Football Federation
- Businesspeople
- Selim Gökdemir, businessman
- Sculptor
- Sadi Çalık
- Academician / Science / Engineering
- Kazim Cecen
- Sefaattin Tongay (Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, Arizona, USA)
- Dr.Emre Sezgin digital health scientist and innovator, Columbus Ohio, USA