İzmir Atatürk High School (Turkish: İzmir Atatürk Lisesi; est. 1886) is a high school in İzmir, Turkey.
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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
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)