İzmir Atatürk High School

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.

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

• Ahmet Akın, Mayor of Balıkesir Metropolitan Municipality

Writers

• Halit Ziya Uşaklıgil
• Ahmet Haşim
• Mehmet Emin Yurdakul
• Yakup Kadri Karaosmanoğlu

Poets

• Necati Cumali
• Attilâ İlhan

Musicians

• Ahmed Adnan Saygun
• Levent Fırat

Chiefs of the general staff

• Kazım Orbay
• Memduh Tağmaç

Civil servants

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

Journalists

• Fatih Portakal

Sportspeople

• Hüseyin Beşok, part of 2001 European Silver Medalist Basketball Team
• Mahmut Özgener, footballer, president of Turkish Football Federation

Businesspeople

• Selim Gökdemir, businessman

Sculptors

• Sadi Çalık

Academicians/scientists/engineers

• Kazım Çeçen
• Sefaattin Tongay (Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, Arizona, USA)

Summarize Fact Check

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