Zografeion Lyceum

The Greek Zografion Lyceum (Greek Ζωγράφειον Λύκειον, Turkish Özel Zoğrafyon Rum Ortaokulu ve Lisesi ) is an open Greek -language schools in Istanbul. The school is located in the city center in the district of Beyoğlu and close to Taksim Square.

History

The school was founded on March 16, 1848 because the growing number of Greek students sufficient could not be accommodated in Zappion -Gymnasium and the Panagia high school; already the gymnasium of Panagia ( Σταυροδρόμι της Παναγίας ) had more than 800 students. The community decided to build a new secondary school, and donations were collected by different people. Christakis Zografos, who lived at that time in Paris, was the largest single donation, more than 10,000 gold liras. In 1890 the Greek community decided to name the school after Zografos. An architectural competition was held, won by the design of Periklis Fotiadis. The school was re-consecrated in 1893, and its first students in 1899 made ​​their statements.

The Gymnasium

In the first years of school he always had about 250 students. Before the pogrom in Istanbul in 1955 against the Greek minority was the number of students at over 350 In October 1999, the Lyceum became the target of a flash bang attack by Turkish extremists, which criticized the international position of Turkey as a " satellite" of the United States. Many famous artists, architects, politicians and theologians of the Greek Diaspora studied at the College, including Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople Opel. Today the school has no more than 45 students and only 20 teachers. Due to the restrictive minority law school applies in addition to the Greek subjects ( Greek language, literature, and religion), like all schools, the Turkish curriculum.