Education is compulsory and free from ages 6 to 15. The literacy rate is 95.3% for men and 79.6% for women, for an overall average of 87.4%. This low figure is mainly due to prevailing feudal attitudes against women in the Arab- and Kurdish-inhabited southeastern provinces of the country.

The British International School Istanbul
+90 (212) 257-5136
www.bis.k12.tr
This private, non-sectarian, coeducational school provides high quality educational choices for the children of foreign families living in Istanbul. The school offers English National Cirruculum IGCSE and I.B. Courses. BISI accepts students from age 2 to 19 and the student body is composed of over 40 nationalities and has campuses at Alkent, Levent (primary and pre-primary), Etiler and Zekeriyaköy (pre-primary to secondary).

Üsküdar American High School
Vakýf Sokak,1
Baðlarbaþý
Istanbul
+90 (216) 310-6823
Established in 1876 at Baðlarbaþý. Again one of the oldest and most prominent schools in Turkey. Education is in English with the exception of Turkish Literature and Social Studies.

Robert College
Kuruçesme Cad. No.87
34345 Arnavutköy
Istanbul
+90 (212) 359-2222
http://portal.robcol.k12.tr/
Robert College established in 1863, is the world’s oldest American school outside the United States. The first international school in the city, Istanbul International Community School, was founded in 1911 to educate the children of international professors at Robert College.  The name of the school was Robert College Community School until 1979, when it was changed to its current name, Istanbul International Community School (IICS).  With a law passed by the Turkish Parliament in 1971, foreign universities in Turkey went under the jurisdiction of the Turkish state, but high schools were allowed to operate with foreign headmasters and curricula, such as the high school section of Robert College which continues to have an American headmaster.

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