İzmir Atatürk High School

İzmir Atatürk High School (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