The school has gone through enormous expansion, including emsi Efendi School -the school where Atat rk received his intial education. Following the Balkan War, Feyziye School moved its operations to Istanbul and continued its pursuit in educational excellence in Ni anta Naciye Sultan Mansion. In 1986, the Foundation completed its Maslak campus, in order to meet the need for educational institutions. Finally, in the beginning of the 1996-1997 academic year, I k University was launched in the Maslak Campus, starting a new page in the history of the Foundation. Feyziye Schools Foundation has served the Turkish Educational System for 114 years, and will continue to do so in the future, from preschool to graduate level education.
University is a flexible university that encourages people to take the initiative.
Decisions are made quickly, and solutions are reached and applied with the same speed. University targets an educational process, producing graduates who are refined, contemporary, and independent minded professionals who display leadership qualities. In order to achieve this ambition, it dedicates all of its facilities and its dynamism to the service of the students. University is a young university but it has depth stemming from traditions that have evolved during 114 years of tradition. From these sound roots it has grown and developed first into I k High School and than to I k University.