İhlas Educational Institutions implements an education program that enables students to use foreign languages effectively and express themselves fluently and accurately in various environments, both verbally and in writing.

Students of İhlas Educational Institutions, an organization that has been carrying out its studies in the field of education for 27 years, have received various degrees in Istanbul and all around Türkiye in academic, social, and sporting activities. In addition to preparing young people for higher education, İhlas Educational Institutions attach great importance to ensuring that their students develop the skills they need when they start their careers. The institutions aim to raise generations that will shape the future by placing human and universal values at the center of their educational activities.

Leveraging their 27 years of knowledge and experience in the education sector, İhlas Educational Institutions have enhanced the efficiency and effectiveness of their management systems, continuously evolving and developing. The institutions encompass 15 schools across three campuses and in nine different buildings. Education is another field of activity launched to fulfil İhlas Holding’s social responsibility. Founded in 1996, İhlas Educational Institutions set out with the goal of disseminating educational services in Türkiye; since then, it has acted as a good model in this field and has become one of the benchmark reference institutions in the country.

In addition to preparing students for higher education, İhlas Educational Institutions attach great importance to ensuring that they develop the skills they need when they start their careers. The institutions aim to raise generations that will shape the future by placing human and universal values at the center of their educational activities.

Physical Facilities
There are 195 classrooms within İhlas Educational Institutions’ schools, boasting a total area of 57,651 square meters, with both indoor and outdoor units in use. The schools also feature indoor and outdoor sports facilities; performance and conference halls; laboratories for computer studies, informatics, robotics, 3D modeling, physics, chemistry, and biology; science and technology classes; reading rooms; interactive classrooms; business and painting classes; woodworking classes; kitchen and robotics workshops; and libraries and foreign language rooms. Equipped with state-of-the-art hardware to support the modern education system, the school buildings have clean and spacious environments and lush landscaping in the central locations of Istanbul.

Technological Infrastructure
There are 195 classrooms within İhlas Educational Institutions’ schools, boasting a total area of 57,651 square meters, with both indoor and outdoor units in use.

İhlas Educational Institutions have Google Business available for both the administration and the students free-of-charge via Google Suite for Education (GSfE) service. The documents produced at the school are made available to all teachers, who have access to a cloud-based working platform to ensure that they can work in concert and at the necessary standards. During the pandemic, Google Meet service was used for one-on-one live communication with the students in remote learning. A strong internet infrastructure was established in all schools to ensure full compatibility with tablet-supported education. Technological investments in classrooms and laboratories for 3D education have provided a fun and impressive experience out of the coding, 3D design, manufacturing, and robotics courses.

The special deal on all Microsoft software, excluding Office products, ensured free-of-charge Microsoft Imagine access to teachers, students, and administrators. The technological infrastructure at the schools is constantly being renewed in accordance with the changing technology.

Educational Activities
All studies are carried out systematically to ensure that students are successful in national exams held throughout the country and that they reach the level of foreign language proficiency required to skip university preparatory classes without the need for any external support.

Academic Studies
İhlas Educational Institutions continue to further their achievements at full speed, providing academic support programs to their students in addition to official curricula. They offer the following: weekend courses, lecture workshops, one-to-one lessons, intensive support programs for high school and higher education exams, preparation studies for international exams, B2 First and TOEFL certificate programs and digital materials. In addition to the study programs, which are specially designed for exam preparation, students are provided with all the opportunities they need to be successful in their exams. The institutions offer pre-exam intensive study camps, trial exams held at universities, and lecture workshops held after school in the presence of subject-matter teachers and counselors.

Because of these efforts, major successes have been achieved in national exams such as LGS and YKS. The institutions’ students, who achieved first place in the national LGS examinations and first and fourth place in the YKS examinations, as well as receiving numerous other accolades, demonstrate the effectiveness of İhlas Educational Institutions’ efforts.

Foreign Language Education
İhlas Educational Institutions implements an education program that enables students to use foreign languages effectively and express themselves fluently and accurately in various environments, both verbally and in writing. Adopting the principle that “the primary purpose of language education is to facilitate communication,” the teachers in the foreign language department take a proven approach to improving their students’ communication skills. Students at İhlas High Schools achieve great success by participating in international projects supported by the European Union, such as Model United Nations (MUN), European Youth Parliament (EYP), and Erasmus. Students of İhlas Educational Institutions won the first, second and third places for three consecutive years in the
“Best Contest,” in which high school students from a range of Turkish schools compete to showcase their English-speaking skills.

Assessment and Evaluation Activities
The needs analysis studies for academic performance monitoring and feedback courses required for the healthy implementation of the
one-to-one education model are carried out by the Assessment and Evaluation Unit established within the institution. The goal of these assessment and evaluation activities is to monitor the academic development of all students at İhlas Educational Institutions, adapt the institutions’ education planning based on the results, and measure the quality of its teaching and curriculum. Assessment and evaluation experts working in the unit follow all processes and prepare detailed reports. These reports are shared with all education personnel.

Counseling Studies
In counseling studies, strategies applicable in all walks of life are developed to solve any problems, while simultaneously implementing the “Developmental Counseling Model.” Counselors provide individual support for each student to equip them to successfully complete their age-specific developmental tasks, and prepare them for the next developmental period. Instead of offering ready-made solutions, the goal is to equip students for different situations in problem identification and solution.

National and International Projects
Teams of students and teachers are formed at İhlas Educational Institutions in preparation for national and international projects. Teams working in different fields endeavor to meet determined goals and achieve great success. Students work on various projects, from the Scientific and Technological Research Institution of Türkiye (TÜBİTAK) projects to model United Nations (MUN) events. There, they make progress in their relevant fields and show great improvements through teamwork.

High school students in the European Youth Parliament (EYP) club appear on the world political scene, where they have the opportunity to have their say. Students in the MUN club can express their opinions by taking to the stage at MUN conferences. Attendance at these conferences is considered by universities, educational institutions, and various academic authorities around the world to be a very prestigious academic activity for students to engage in. İhlas College students received various awards at the MUN events they attended in Türkiye and abroad. Additionally, students who participated in national projects in many different fields won awards in the TÜBİTAK project competition. İhlas Educational Institution students, who won gold medals in the Science Olympics, also achieved local and regional success in project competitions.

Social and Sports Activities
At İhlas Educational Institutions, social and sports activities are seen as an integral part of academic development. The goal is to raise physically and psychologically healthy students by supporting them in personal and team sports from a young age. Students received awards in Türkiye and Europe as individuals and teams in categories such as archery, rowing, volleyball, judo, karate, swimming, wrestling and figure skating. The institutions continue working on regularly increasing the number of students participating in these activities, and training new champions. Mete Gazoz, a former İhlas College student, won the gold medal in the men’s individual archery at the Olympics and in the World and European Championships, taking the country’s sporting achievements one step further.

Teaching Values
In 1996, İhlas Educational Institutions set out with the motto “Touching Hearts Through Education”; it has always prioritized “raising good individuals,” as explained by its founder, Enver Ören, in his discussion of the school’s goals. Values education is essential to ensure the children entrusted to the institutions are raised to be good and successful individuals. İhlas Educational Institutions students placed first in Türkiye in a values education competition, which is a concrete result of this approach.

Social Responsibility Projects
Tree of Hope and Extra Step clubs, which were established by students of İhlas Educational Institutions, have visited various different schools since their establishment. They have contributed to school libraries. They have held various activities with the students. Hundreds of books have been donated to many villages through book donation campaigns organized to support village schools. The goal is to raise awareness of social issues for all students with visits to animal shelters, nature conservation projects, bake sales and conference programs. Club students also carry out large-scale projects, such as drilling water wells and facilitating cataract surgeries in Africa, with great success. All schools design and implement an annual social activity calendar to support the social development of students. This calendar is diversified with local, domestic and international trips, competitions, festivals and fairs. Social activities enable parents and teachers to get to know their students better.

İhlas Educational Institutions: By The Numbers
27 Years of Experience
1782 Students
186 Teachers
102 Administrative Personnel
3 Campuses
10 Buildings
14 Schools

Bahçelievler Campus
Private Bahçelievler İhlas Kindergarten and Primary School
Private Bahçelievler İhlas Secondary School Private İhlas Anatolian High School
Private İhlas Science High School

Beylikdüzü Campus
Private Marmara Evleri İhlas Kindergarten and Primary School
Private Marmara Evleri İhlas Secondary School
Private Marmara Evleri İhlas Anatolian High School
Private Marmara Evleri İhlas Science High School

Avcılar/Ispartakule Campus
Private İhlas Kindergarten Bizim Evler 2
Private İhlas Kindergarten Bizim Evler 3
Private İhlas Kindergarten Bizim Evler 7
Private İhlas Bizim Evler Primary School: Bizim Evler 4
Private İhlas Mehmet Yoluç Primary School: Bizim Evler 6
Prıvate İhlas Mehmet Yoluç Secondary School: Bizim Evleri 6