The Monastir Military High School (''Manastır Askerî İdadisi''), established in 1847, was one of the three-year educational

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s of the

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. It was located in Monastir (present day Bitola,

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). The buildings of the school have been used as museums since 1934 (today NI Institute and Museum Bitola). The other military high schools of the Ottoman Empire were:

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Military High School ( Kuleli Military High School) and Bursa Military High School, both founded in 1846; the

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Military High School and Monastir Military High School, founded in 1847; the Damascus Military High School, founded in 1848; the

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Military High School, founded in 1873; and the

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Military High School, founded in 1876.

Notable alumni

* Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (1881–1938), the founder of modern

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, who attended from 1896 to 1898 *

Ahmed Niyazi Bey Ahmed Niyazi Bey (1873 – 1913) ( tr, Resneli Niyazi Bey, Ahmet Niyazi Bey; sq, Ahmet Njazi Bej Resnja; "Ahmet Niyazi Bey from Resen") was an Ottoman revolutionary, who was the bey of the Resne (now Resen, North Macedonia) area in the late 1 ...

(1873–1912), a leader of the 1908

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* Bekir Fikri (1882-1914), military officer * Hüseyin Avni Zaimler (1877–1930), military officer and MP in the

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* Fethi Okyar (1880–1943), second Prime Minister of Turkey * Fuat Bulca (1881–1962), military officer and MP in the Grand National Assembly of Turkey * Salih Bozok (1881–1941), military officer and MP in the Grand National Assembly of Turkey * Nuri Conker (1882–1937), military officer and MP in the Grand National Assembly of Turkey * Hüsrev Gerede (1884–1962), military officer and MP in the Grand National Assembly of Turkey * Cevat Abbas Gürer (1887–1943), military officer and MP in the Grand National Assembly of Turkey * Ali Shefqet Shkupi, military officer and first Chief of Supreme Staff of the Albanian Army

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NI Institute and Museum BitolaBitola Museum Website
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Notable alumni

See also

Further reading

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