Burhan Felek Anatolian High School

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Construction Year:

1935

Location:

Üsküdar, İstanbul

Ordered By:

Unknown

Architect:

Unknown

Changes After Construction:
  • The school continued its education in temporary locations after the wooden school building burned down in a fire in 1918; it moved to its current historical building, which was completed in 1935.
  • The campus was used under the name Paşakapısı Middle School in 1938, and its function as a middle school continued for a long time.
  • The structure transitioned to the function of a high school under the name Üsküdar High School in 1970; it produced its first graduates in 1973.
  • The name of the school became Burhan Felek High School in 1983.
  • Since 2013, the institution was used respectively with the statuses of vocational high school of commerce and multi-program high school; it has continued its activities under the name Burhan Felek Anatolian High School since 12 June 2015.
Prominent Features:
  • The structure has also been used under the names Üsküdar 1st Middle School, Paşakapısı Middle School, Üsküdar High School, and Burhan Felek High School.
  • The institutional beginning of the school took place in 1847 under the name Mülkiye Middle School.
  • It is recorded that the school opened in 1887 under the name Üsküdar High School and was later converted into a sultânî.
  • The structure is shown among the 20th-century school buildings evaluated within the framework of the First National Architecture Movement.