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St. George's Austrian High School ( tr, Sankt Georg Avusturya Lisesi, german: Österreichisches Sankt Georgs-Kolleg) is a private
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n- Turkish high school located in
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. It is one of several
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s that were founded by European or American
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during the 19th century, but were then secularized after the founding of the modern
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in 1923. Today, the school is subject to regulation by the Turkish Ministry of National Education, and almost its entire student body is Turkish, but a large part of its administrative and teaching staff remains Austrian (appointed by the Austrian Ministry of Education, Arts and Culture), and it offers a mixture of Turkish and Austrian curricula in a
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environment.


History

Sankt Georg was founded in 1882 by Austrian Lazarists and was originally intended for German-speaking
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children living in the
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. After the Ottoman (and Austrian) defeat in World War I, the school was ordered closed by the occupying
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forces in Istanbul, and all of its staff was sent back to Austria. The school was reopened shortly afterwards when the
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was founded (1923). After the
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in 1938, the school turned into a "German school" and it was closed once again in 1944, due to the freezing of relations between Turkey and Germany. It was reopened in 1947. In 1995, the girls' and boys' schools were merged.


Curriculum

The school combines both the Austrian and the Turkish curricula to prepare its students for the Turkish and Austrian school leaving examinations and to enrich their general knowledge. Under the current curriculum, students at Sankt Georg can learn up to three foreign languages. German and
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are the two compulsory foreign languages taught at Sankt Georg. Aside from these two languages, students can choose either
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or French as their third foreign language. Most subjects (including math, sciences, philosophy and arts) are taught in German by Austrian teachers, but subjects related to Turkish culture and language (such as Turkish literature, history and geography) are taught in Turkish by Turkish teachers. Students learn German in a compulsory one-year preparatory program.


School-leaving qualifications offered

* Turkish high school diploma (''Lise diploması'') * Austrian
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: Students wishing to pursue their
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at universities in Austria, or in the
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, have the right to sit the Austrian ''Reifeprüfung'' examination at Sankt Georg. Once students pass the examination, they obtain the Matura certificate, which is equivalent to
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(IB).


School library

The current school library opened in 1988, after 2 small libraries within the school building were brought together. As of 2020, it contains more than 26,000 books, 20 periodicals/magazines in Turkish, German and English, and CDs/DVDs.


Alumni

Alumni of Sankt Georg gather every year in the last week of April at a re-union called "Strudeltag". Another annual re-union is organised around May in
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, which is intended for the graduates of Sankt Georg living/studying in Austria or in other European countries.


Notable alumni

List sorted in alphabetical order of surnames: * Ian F. Akyildiz, Ken Byers Chair Professor in Telecommunications, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA. * Aret Güzel Aleksanyan, founder of Vienna Interkul Theater (Wiener Interkul Theater), 2008 Vienna City Gold Medal for Outstanding Service * Zerrin Arbaş, actress and Best Model of Turkey 1965 *
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, Museum Director, Renowned Curator * Cenk Aydin, Young Global Leader, Banker and Entrepreneur * Rutkay Aziz, actor and director *
Zeyno Baran Zeyno Baran (born January 31, 1972) is a Turkish American scholar on issues ranging from US-Turkey relations to Islamist ideology to energy security in Europe and Asia. She was the Director of the Center for Eurasian Policy and a Senior Fellow at t ...
, Senior Fellow at the Hudson Institute * Enis Berberoğlu, Chief editor of the
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daily * Gültekin Çizgen, photography artist * Cansu Demirci, actress * Kenan Ece, actor *
Burak Elmas Burak Elmas (born 19 March 1974) is a Turkish businessman who was the 38th president of sports club Galatasaray S.K. Family He was born on 19 March 1974, in Şişli, Istanbul, as the son of Sezgin and Saniye Elmas. He has two sister named Burçi ...
, president of the sports club
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* Ufuk Esin, archaeologist * Leyla Gediz, painter, arts exhibition curator * Ömer Göksel, composer, jazz musician * Meral Güneyman, musician and pianist * Mehmet Gürel, writer, singer * Zeynep Damla Gürel, Special advisor to the head of state in European affairs; former deputy of
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(CHP) * Tunç Hamarat, World Correspondence Chess Champion 1999-2004 * Ediz Hun, actor and MP * Mustafa Iscel, ÖVP MP * Mine Ayşe Karamehmet, founder of the art schools; Atölyedans and Atölyemüzik * Mustafa Koç, businessman * Alev Korun, the first Turkish MP in the
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* Petros Markaris, Greek-Armenian author * Mehmetcan Mincinozlu, actor * Ulaş Moğultay, Board Member at Türkiye İş Bankası A.Ş. Group * İlber Ortaylı, historian * Fatih Ozguven, author, literary translator and columnist * Tezer Özlü, translator and writer * Murat Ses, musician and keyboard player, founding member of Moğollar * Nijad Sirel, writer * Ahmet Tulgar, writer and journalist * Merva Ulusoy, program editor and presenter for the show ''Headquarters'' on
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, former prime minister of Turkey


See also

* List of high schools in Turkey *
Education in the Ottoman Empire The education The first stage of elementary education and teaching in the Ottoman Empire has been called as Sibyan Schools (Sibyan Mektepleri). The education system of Ottomans founded on Sıbyan Schools. Sibyan Schools was the first and the las ...


References


External links


Sankt Georg Avusturya Lisesi Student's Portal

Official website of Sankt Georg Avusturya Lisesi
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Other Austrian schools around the world
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