Galatasaray High School Galatasaray High School Galatasaray High School (, ) is a high school in Turkey. Established in 1481, it is the oldest high school in Turkey and the second-oldest Turkish educational institution after Istanbul University, which was established in 1453. Being an Anatolian High School, access to the school is open to students with a high Nationwide High School Entrance score. Education consists of a blend of Turkish and French curricula and is provided in both languages. The association football club Galatasaray S.K. was formed by and named after the institution. The footballers consisted entirely of students of the school during
Galatasaray High School Physics, Chemistry, English, and German were taught selectively in the last four years. The school became co-educational in 1965, and female students now constitute at least 40% of the school's pupils. One of the main buildings of the Feriye Palace on the Bosphorus, in the Ortaköy district, was also given to Galatasaray when it needed more room for expansion. In the 1990s, Galatasaray entered another period of transformation. The signing of the Turkish-French Bilateral Agreement of 1992 led to the foundation of Galatasaray University which essentially grew out of the Lycée. With the addition of a new primary education school,