The ISTEK Foundation, established in 1985 by Mr. Bedrettin Dalan, raises contemporary and entrepreneurial generations in line with the principles and revolutions of Atatürk. Today, our institution, which has an educational chain extending from kindergarten to university, includes 22 kindergartens, 22 primary schools, 22 middle schools, 20 Anatolian high schools, 14 science high schools, and Yeditepe University, and plays a significant role in the future of our country.
Our campus was established in 1986 in Florya, Istanbul, and includes a kindergarten, a primary school, a middle school, a science high school, and an Anatolian high school.
OUR VISION
To be among Turkey's leading schools and to make a name for ourselves internationally, by raising individuals who will be successful everywhere and at all times, who are already prepared for the future and embody the following qualities of the 21st century:
INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE MISSION STATEMENT
The International Baccalaureate aims to develop inquiring, knowledgeable, and caring young people who help to create a better and more peaceful world through intercultural understanding and respect. To achieve this goal, the organization works with schools, governments, and international organizations to develop challenging international education and rigorous assessment programs. These programmes encourage all students worldwide to become active, compassionate, and lifelong learners who understand that others may also be right, despite differences.
OUR MISSION
Our mission aims to raise juveniles in an environment that has adopted Atatürk's principles and ideas and where individual differences are valued and preferred in the world and Türkiye, productive, creative, responsible minds that prioritize scientific thought and will make positive contributions to the future of the country and educate our students with technology-supported, foreign language-oriented and world-centered education combined with the most advanced teaching methods.
OUR PRINCIPLES
Believing that Atatürk's thought is the only alternative and an inexhaustible source of hope for Turkish society, ISTEK Schools derive their principles from these great ideas. Our schools educate their students in accordance with the following principles, presenting our national culture in the light of Atatürk’s thoughts:
