Fatih Girls’ Anatolian İmam Hatip High School
Changes After Construction:
- The educational roots date back to 1936, originating from a 170-room wooden mansion located very close to the current school building.
- Opened under the name Fatih Boys’ Secondary School, the school became insufficient due to the large number of students and was moved to its current building in 1959.
Prominent Features:
- The educational institution, one of the first schools in the early Republican period serving only female students, was named Fatih Girls’ Secondary School in 1939.
- Today, it continues educational activities as Fatih Girls’ Anatolian Imam Hatip High School.
- The wooden mansion where the historic school began its educational activities belonged to Mustafa Asım (Mekkizade), the 100th Sheikh al-Islam of the Ottoman Empire.
- Melihat Gülses and Türkan Şoray are among the famous alumni of the historic school.
