What is Robert College?
[[Image:RobertCollegeGouldHall2.jpg|250px|thumb|right|Robert College Gould Hall]] '''Robert College''', also called '''RC''', is an [[United States|American]] [[high school]] in [[Istanbul]], [[Turkey]]. It is the most prestigious, private high school in [[Turkey]]. The [[institution]] was founded by [[Cyrus Hamlin]], with the financial help of [[Christopher Rhinelander Robert]], in [[1863]] (during the [[Ottoman Empire]]). Robert College is also the first American educational institution founded outside the [[United States]]. It was founded as a boys' college for Christian minority of the empire. Later the girls section was opened as American College for Girls. Then the Muslims were allowed to be educated in the schools. [[Hüseyin Pektaş]] became the first Muslim boy to graduate from college. In [[19th century]], many additions were made to college including, middle school and high school. After the foundation of the [[Republic of Turkey]] in [[1923]], the school continued to educate young people, who later became the leaders of the country. Prime ministers [[Bülent Ecevit]] and [[Tansu Çiller]] are among the school's graduates. In [[1971]], Robert College donated one of its two campuses (Boys' campus or [[Bebek]] campus) to the [[Republic of Turkey]]. A new, [[public university]] was founded on this campus. The other campus (Girls' campus or [[Arnavutköy]] campus) has since been serving the society as a coeducational high school. == Other websites == * [http://www.robcol.k12.tr/ Robert College] [[Category:Schools]] [[Category:Buildings and structures in Turkey]]