İzmir Kız High School

İzmir Kız High School

İzmir Kız High School is one of the primary education institutions of the Republic Period. The school building was built in 1911 by the Governor of İzmir, Rahmi Bey, as the Union(ittihat) and Progress School (Terakki Mektebi), and later used as a male teacher training school.

The history

The building with a residential area of ​​4428 square meters and consisting of two floors is made of a stone walls. İzmir's first girls' school, İzmir Kız High School, which has an (H) shape viewed from above, started education under the name of İnas İdadisi under the control of the private administration in 1915, but could not be named SULTANI because the Ministry of Education did not accept the cost of this school. This Inas High School, which served in the Italian Girls' School building on the way to the Culture Park, could not continue its education and was closed due to the lack of sufficient number of students and the war years. The school started its education after the Greek occupation in 1922, in an old mansion where the current Karataş High School is located. The educational institution named (İzmir Kız Sultanisi) thus formed the foundations of İzmir Kız High School and was organized under the name İzmir Kız High School in 1923 by the ministry. The number of students in the Girls' High School gradually increased. In the academic year of 1931-1932, the number of students reaches 372. In the same year, 16 students from the first cycle and 17 students from the second cycle were graduated. With the science branch opened in the 1932-1933 academic year, the school's size increased to 455. The Association of Growing Up in İzmir Girls' High School was established on 8 May 1933 with the aim of gathering the people who were educated in İzmir Girls High School under one roof. There were many applications to the school at the beginning of the 1933-1934 academic year. 260 students were enrolled in only the first year of high school. By this time, the school's size reached 725. There was a beautiful chemistry, physics and nature laboratory in the Girls' High School building. Not only the girls' high school students could benefit from the laboratories, but also the students of other schools in the area could work there. In the large building, there was a painting workshop, a music hall, sewing and tailoring rooms. In 1958, a dining hall and classrooms were added to the building. In 1968, a 2-storey building with 14 classrooms was added to the school garden. The building was named after Faik Eroğlu, who served as the manager between 1965 and 1968. The school initially provided education as a secondary school and a high school. However, due to the increase in the number of students, the secondary school part was gradually closed from the 1977-1978 academic year. Since 1979-1980 academic year, it has been continuing its education only as a high school. In June 1985, a fire broke out in the main building of the school. Although the exact cause of the fire is not known, it is estimated that it came out of the electrical contact in the conference hall. The main building, the upper floor (refectory, dormitory, classrooms) completely burned. Most of the documents in the archive were destroyed in the fire. In the meantime, the building was repaired and teaching resumed in all buildings starting from the 1990-1991 academic year.