TERAKKİ students acquire the principles that willguide them throughout their lives as they progress through our educational approach which is deep-rooted in tradition since 1877 and the values of this educational understanding.
The foundations of Terakki Schools, one of the long-standing education institutions in our country’s history, were laid in Salonika, where education was first offered under the name Mekteb-i Terakki (Terakki School) in 1877. The precursors of the modern qualities of our education followed with the provision of schooling for female students and classes in the Western style of education.
The experience drawn from three different centuries is one of the reasons that enables Terakki to be recognisedas the symbol of ‘achieving progress’ in education.
Indeed, the word “Terakki” in Ottoman Turkish means “progress”, andTerakki Foundation Schools have been recognisedas one of the forerunners of “progress”, “modern education”, and “tradition of modernization in education” from its establishment right up until the present day.
Terakki Foundation Schools believe that happiness, elimination of ignorance, and the creation of a democratic society can only be ensured by the educated individuals of that society; thus, we believe that the most significant effort for humanity would be for the education of the individual.
Terakki Foundation Schools, which raise people who have the life-long love of learning, know that each child embodies unique values that willenable them to grow up as a free and versatile individual. Thus, the schools aim to bring these values to light, to develop, and to glorify them.