İzmir Atatürk High School explained

İzmir Atatürk High School (Turkish: İzmir Atatürk Lisesi; est. 1888) is a high school in İzmir, Turkey.

History

İzmir Atatürk High School (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.

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

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
• Memduh Tagmac

Civil servants:

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

Journalist:

• Fatih Portakal

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 Calik

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