Nilüfer Hatun Primary and Secondary School

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Construction Year:

1929

Location:

Şişli, İstanbul

Ordered By:

Istanbul Municipality

Architect:

Unknown

Changes After Construction:
  • There were two wooden mansions connected by a corridor on the campus at the beginning of the 1900s; these mansions later disappeared in a fire.
  • The municipality began the construction of two school buildings in 1929 on the former mansion plots it had purchased; the structures started education in 1930 under the name “Nilüfer Hatun School.”
  • Five years after starting education, the two buildings were separated into two distinct schools; the northern building was used under the name “15th School” and took the name “Nilüfer Hatun” in 1949.
  • The southern building was first used under the name “52. School”; it took the name “Ihlamur” in 1952 and “Selim Sırrı Tarcan” on 10 July 1958.
  • An independent middle school was opened within Nilüfer Hatun Primary School in 1957; the number of institutions on the campus increased to three.
  • In the 1990–1991 academic year, Nilüfer Hatun Middle School, Nilüfer Hatun Primary School, and Selim Sırrı Tarcan Primary School were merged; the institution functioned under the name “Nilüfer Hatun Primary Education School.”
  • In the 2012–2013 academic year, the institution was again separated into two as “Nilüfer Hatun Primary School” and “Nilüfer Hatun Middle School.”
  • The Şişli District Directorate of National Education served in the building within the garden of Nilüfer Hatun Primary Education School.
Prominent Features:
  • The campus has also been used under the names Nilüfer Hatun Girls’ School, 15th School, 52nd School, Ihlamur, Selim Sırrı Tarcan, Nilüfer Hatun School, and Nilüfer Hatun Primary Education School.
  • At its location, there were two wooden mansions connected by a corridor at the beginning of the 1900s.
  • The current campus was constructed as two school buildings in 1929 on the plot purchased by the municipality.