Akşemsettin İmam Hatip Secondary School
Changes After Construction:
- The building, originally constructed in 1876 as a girls’ school under the name Numune-i Şükran Mektebi, was rebuilt in 1936 as Cibali 40th Primary School.
Prominent Features:
- The educational institution, known in the early Republican period as the 11th School, currently operates as Akşemsettin Imam Hatip Secondary School.
- The Numune-i Şükran Schools, which played an important role in women’s education, were part of the steps taken toward the modernization of education in the late Ottoman period.
- The school campus is depicted as a large area in maps prepared by topographer Jacques Pervititch between 1922 and 1945.
- Among the school’s alumni are the renowned writer Samiha Ayverdi and the artist Müfide Kadri.
