TED Ankara College Foundation Schools is a group of private schools in Turkiye. It consists of kindergarten, elementary, middle and high schools. Its İncek Campus, considered sizeable with 141,000 square meters of enclosed and over 309,000 square meters of open area, is located in Ankara, Turkiye, and is host to 6,000 students and over 700 teachers and support staff.[1] TED Ankara College delivers both the Turkish curriculum and the International Baccalaureate (IB) in Turkish and English, while French and German are taught as additional languages. Entrance is competitive.
History
In line with the directives of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the Turkish Education Association (Turkish: Türk Eğitim Derneği, abbreviated TED) was founded in 1928 and led the establishment of qualified Turkish schools.
TED Ankara College was founded in 1930 as the first school established by TED, and was the first private Turkish school instituted after the foundation of Republic of Turkiye to instruct in English. In 1931, the primary school, in 1933, the middle school, in 1936 the high school were established. In 1963, the school's administration was handed over to the TED Ankara College Foundation. In 2000, the foundation started the construction of the campus in İncek. In 2003-2004 the establishments were moved from the Kolej district, which was named after the College, to İncek and the old buildings were later reutilized as a new university.
The logo of the schools is derived from the emblem of the TED association.
Notable alumni
As one of the oldest schools founded after the birth of the modern Turkish Republic, TED Ankara College has over 35,000 alumni.[1] Some of the notable alumni are listed below in alphabetical order of family names.
