Anatolian High School refers to public or state high schools in Turkey

Turkey

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 that admit their students based on the nation-wide High School Entrance score.

Anatolian high schools were established as an alternative to expensive private schools teaching in foreign languages and were modeled after the grammar schools. Some of the Anatolian high schools are newly established while other prestigious public schools were added to this category.

Currently, many of the Anatolian high schools' teaching language is either English

English language

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, German

German language

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, or French

French language

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. Other regular high schools in Turkey teach in Turkish

Turkish language

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; foreign languages are only taught as elective courses.

Examples

• Hüseyin Avni Sözen Anadolu Lisesi
  Hüseyin Avni Sözen Anadolu Lisesi
  Hüseyin Avni Sözen Anadolu Lisesi, HASAL, is a highly selective Anatolian School ,similar to grammar schools in U.K., located in Üsküdar, an Asian side town of Istanbul...
  
  
• Gazi Anadolu Lisesi
  Gazi Anadolu Lisesi
  Gazi Anatolian High School is a co-ed Anatolian High School in Ankara, Turkey. It was founded under the name "Söğütözü Anatolian High School" in 1984 and moved to its current location and name in 1986...
  
  
• Ankara Atatürk Anadolu Lisesi
  Ankara Atatürk Anadolu Lisesi
  Ankara Atatürk Anadolu Lisesi , established in 1971, is one of the oldest Anatolian High Schools of Ankara and Turkey. It is located in the Emniyet neighborhood....
  
  
• Beşiktaş Atatürk Anadolu Lisesi
  Besiktas Atatürk Anadolu Lisesi
  Beşiktaş Atatürk Anadolu Lisesi or briefly BAAL is a four-year Anatolian High School located on the European side of Istanbul and one of the most prominent high schools founded by the first primeminister İsmet İnönü in Turkey . The primary languages of instruction are Turkish and English...
  
  
• Nişantaşı Anadolu Lisesi
  Nisantasi Anadolu Lisesi
  Nişantaşı Anadolu Lisesi is a secondary school located on Vali Konağı Caddesi, Nişantaşı.It was formerly known as the English High School for Boys or the English High School. It was established in 1905 as an English school; management was transferred to the Ministry of National Education in...
  
  
• Cağaloğlu Anadolu Lisesi
  Cağaloğlu Anadolu Lisesi
  Cağaloğlu Anadolu Lisesi, located in Cağaloğlu, İstanbul, is one of the oldest and internationally renowned high schools of Turkey, and considered to be an elite Turkish public high school. The primary languages of instruction are Turkish and German. The secondary foreign language of instruction is...
  
  
• Çapa Anadolu Öğretmen Lisesi
• Galatasaray High School
• Istanbul High School
• Kabataş Erkek Lisesi
  Kabatas Erkek Lisesi
  Kabataş Erkek Lisesi or Kabataş High School is one of the oldest and the most prominent high schools in Turkey. It is located in Ortaköy at Bosphorus in Istanbul. It is famed for its rich history and legendary teachers.- History :...
  
  
• Kadıköy Anadolu Lisesi
  Kadiköy Anadolu Lisesi
  Kadıköy Anadolu Lisesi, also commonly known as Kadıköy Maarif College, abbreviated Kadıköy Maarif or KAL, is one of the oldest, most prestigious Anatolian High Schools and internationally renowned high schools of Turkey; located in Moda, Istanbul. The education languages are Turkish and English...
  
  
• Bornova Anadolu Lisesi
  Bornova Anadolu Lisesi
  Bornova Anadolu Lisesi , commonly known in foreign languages with its English name Bornova Anatolian High School, is one of the most renowned and prestigious high schools in Turkey.-History:...
  
  
• Eskişehir Anadolu Lisesi
• Meram Anadolu Lisesi
• Samsun Anadolu Lisesi
• Diyarbakır Anadolu Lisesi