College Name City Country Start Date End Date Affiliation Other Information Source
American College for Girls Uskudar Republic of Turkey 1890 initially chartered by Commonwealth of Massachusetts and empowered to confer Bachelor of Arts; union with Robert College in 1971; following government development of a national university system, Robert College shifted to a focus on secondary education and merged with ACG to become a co-educational secondary school on the Arnavutkoy campus; the old Robert College campus at Rumeli Hisari was donated to the government which founded Bogazici University www.robcol.k12.tr/admin/headmaster/history.htm
Anatolia College Merzifon Republic of Turkey 1886 moved to Thessaloniki, Greece after the Armenian Genocide (1923-24) and is now known as the American College www.umd.umich.edu/dept/armenian/papazian/changing.html
www.sevakfi.org/eng/schools.htm
White, George E.  Adventuring with Anatolia College. 1940.
Central Turkey College Aintab Republic of Turkey 1876 www.umd.umich.edu/dept/armenian/papazian/changing.html
Central Turkey Girls College Marash Republic of Turkey 1882 www.umd.umich.edu/dept/armenian/papazian/changing.html
Euphrates College Kharput Republic of Turkey 1878 www.umd.umich.edu/dept/armenian/papazian/changing.html
International College Smyrna Republic of Turkey 1891 1936 founded by Alexander Maclachlan and incorporated in 1903 in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts; now operates as a co-educational pre-school through college preparatory school, following an invitation of Dr. Bayard Dodge, then president of the American University of Beirut, it moved in 1936 to Beirut, Lebanon http://www.icalumniass.org.lb/history.html
Izmir International College Republic of Turkey 1934 www.sevakfi.org/eng/schools.htm
Robert College Bebek Republic of Turkey 1863 chartered by Board of Regents of State of New York to confer Bachelor of Arts; formed union with American College for Girls in 1971; following government development of national university system, merged with ACG to become co-educationa secondary school on the Arnavutkoy campus; the old Robert College campus at Rumeli Hisari was donated to the government which founded Bogazici University www.robcol.k12.tr/admin/headmaster/history.htm
Tarsus American College Tarsus Republic of Turkey 1888 school initially named St. Paul's Institute; closed briefly after World War I, re-opened in 1923 as Tarsus American College; in 1974 the Turkish Ministry of Education required change to Tarsus American School www.tac.k12.tr/history.asp
Teacher's College Sivas Republic of Turkey http://www.hri.org/docs/Horton/hb-31.html
http://www.bilkent.edu.tr/~history/projects/ABCFM_reels/629.htm
College Van Republic of Turkey http://www.hri.org/docs/Horton/hb-31.html
last update:  2/16/04
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