Sabancı Fashion Academy

The school building entered service in 1894 as a wooden structure; the present masonry building was rebuilt in 1904.
During the years of the First World War, education was interrupted; the building was used under Turkish administration under the name Cem Sultan Model School, and after the war the institution reopened in 1918.
The institution closed in 1934; the building was purchased by the Ministry of National Education and entered service under the name 48th Primary School.
The school’s name became Bağlarbaşı Primary School in 1948; when the number of students increased, a new building was constructed in the garden in 1968, and after the old building was used for a period as a storage building, it was converted into a kindergarten.
In 2005, serious damage occurred because of a fire; renovation was carried out in 2006, and the building entered service in 2007-2008 under the name Üsküdar Primary Education School and Vocational School.
The comprehensive renovation works that began in 2013 were completed in 2022; the building was used for a period by Üsküdar Public Education Centre.
The building was allocated to Istanbul Beylerbeyi Sabancı Maturation Institute in 2022; in the 2022-2023 period, education, training, and production activities began in the field of fashion design.

The building was also used under the names Sainte Marie French School, Cem Sultan Model School, 48th Primary School, Bağlarbaşı Primary School, Üsküdar Primary Education School and Vocational School, and Üsküdar Public Education Centre; in historical records, it is also referred to as the former French school building.
The masonry building is defined by a three-storey arrangement including the basement; its mansard roof is evaluated as a component of the Second Empire style, and there is an eclectic arrangement on the facade.
There are terrazzo floorings on the ground floor; on the ceiling and walls of the large hall with niches on the entrance floor, there are painted decorations.
The building is associated with a foreign school complex recognized by the state within the scope of the Ottoman-French agreements dated 1901 and 1913.