The international schools in Turkey either governmental institutions and private schools constitute a vital bridge for the meeting of the foreign and Turkish peoples, as well as an important platform for the meeting of the different cultures in one melting pot.
Build the student’s personality
The international schools in Turkey target to raise the kid and building his personality, gaining self-confidence, relying on himself, and discovering his strengths and talents … and if he suffers from learning difficulties, they help him to overcome them at this stage.”
The student’s personality, according to studies, is formed in the first seven years, so the main focus is on building the kid’s personality more than the scientific and educational aspect, and it comes in the context of character building.
These international schools in Turkey contribute to teaching the children of the communities their foreign language, and the transfer of Turkish culture to them by teaching them the Turkish language, which enables them to possess a tool for communicating with Turkish society so that they do not feel that they are strangers to it.
There is a mistake among some people that integration is only through learning the Turkish language, but knowing the two languages merges it and gains self-confidence.
Knowing Turkish without the mother tongue makes the child an outsider to society, while learning the mother tongue makes him have depth and connection with his family’s history, and vice versa weakens self-confidence, and thus he cannot integrate into society.
Appropriate curricula
With regard to the curricula used in education in these international schools in Turkey; they adopt a mixture of two languages or more curricula, and what helps in the age of kindergarten is the flexibility of the curricula.
Every story that benefits in this goal they rely on. The foreign language has a curriculum, and Turkish helps integrate into Turkish schools, and there are programs to develop talents and mental abilities.
Educational institutions have a great role to play in integration, a cultural activity was carried out for children of many nationalities, including Arab, European and Turkish children. There is integration between them on the one hand and integration between foreigners themselves.
In cultural days, everyone attend with traditional clothes and a type of food, and the parents attend, and these activities and the acquaintance of students with each other make the student, when he goes out to a later stage in a Turkish school, he feels that he is among children close to him, which contributes to his integration.
There are activities that train children to sing songs in the Turkish language, and gain confidence and with entering Turkish schools.
Top 10 international schools in Istanbul
To reside and settle in the Turkey especially in Istanbul; below are the best options available to educate the children and ensure their scientific and professional future.
- Istanbul International School
Istanbul International School is located in a green area of Çamlıca, on the Asian side of Istanbul, this school has students from more than 40 nationalities, the language of instruction is English.
- Al-Fayez International Schools:
It was established in September 2015 and is the first licensed Arab school in Istanbul, and it has another branch in the capital, Ankara.
Officially recognized by the Turkish and Jordanian Ministry of Education, it includes students of 24 nationalities. The schools depend on the Arabic curriculum and the British curriculum (Cambridge), where the academic stages start from kindergarten to the twelfth grade secondary in addition to the Cambridge stages, Primary, Secondary 1, IGCSE, AS Level, A Level, students are granted certificates approved by the Turkish Ministry of National Education and certified by the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in addition to a Cambridge certificate for students studying according to the British Cambridge curriculum for the completed stages.
- Canadian Manara Academy:
She teaches Arabic according to the Libyan curriculum, and teaches English as a first language, as it is an official branch of Olive Grove School in Ontario, Canada, located in the Bahcesehir district of Istanbul.
- Iraqi Knowledge Academy:
It is one of the Iraqi model schools officially recognized in Turkey by the Turkish and Iraqi ministries of education, established in 2015, and provides educational services for all school levels (kindergarten, primary, preparatory, and high school), according to the Iraqi and American curricula.
- Sultan Mehmed Al Fateh School for the Gifted:
The school is located in the famous Al-Fateh district and is considered one of the educational centers specialized in establishing children and young people scientifically, cognitively and linguistically through advanced educational programs, effective educational competencies and modern technological tools within a healthy and safe environment
- Al-Safeer International Schools:
Founded in 2015, it teaches an American program for all levels, from kindergarten to high school diploma, based on California state standards, in addition to Arabic as a second language and Turkish as a third language, and it teaches Islamic subjects in both English and Arabic.
The school has two branches; The first is in Bahcesehir and the other is in Buyukcekmece.
- Saint Paul Cherry French High School:
The educational facility Sainte Pulchérie is located in the Beyoglu area near the famous Taksim Street and the French Cultural Center. The teaching team consists of 50 teachers (63% of them speak French and 40% are French). 3 languages (French, Turkish and English) are also allowed to be taught to students the opportunity to further their education at any university of their choice; Either in Turkey or abroad.
- Al Ihssan International Schools:
The basic curricula in it are based on American curricula approved by the state of California for scientific subjects for all grades, the curricula are designed from the three languages (English, Arabic, Turkish), within a gradual plan that suits the needs of the Arab student in Turkey.
- -Abjad International Schools in Istanbul:
Located on the European side, it teaches English languages according to the American, Arabic and Turkish curriculum, officially recognized by the Turkish government.
As the American curriculum is accredited by AdvancED, the American program is offered to students from Grade 1 through Grade 9 in Branch 1 located in Yenibosna, and for students from Kindergarten to Grade 10 in Branch 2 in Basaksehir, and cambridge programs are offered to Grade 10 and 11, And 12 in the Basaksehir branch.
- Al-Aqsa International School:
It teaches curricula in Turkish and Arabic, as well as English-language programs accredited by the American International Accreditation AdvancED, recognized by the Turkish and Yemeni Ministry of Education, and it teaches computer science and Islamic sciences, located in Avcilar district in Istanbul.