We support individuals who are passionate about sports and enjoy making physical activity a part of their lives. Through high-quality training sessions held in our fully equipped fitness center, which addresses both the physical and psychological needs of our staff and young people, we believe they can boost their motivation with the energy that sports provide and relieve the stress of an intensive academic year through exercise.

Graduating in February 1948, Bahattin Ersoy completed the first part of his internship at İzmir Atatürk Lisesi. He completed the remaining part at Malatya Lisesi, where he served as a chemistry teacher until he was called up for military service in 1956. After completing his military duty, he continued his career at Uşak Lisesi, working as both a chemistry teacher and assistant principal.

In 1960, he began working as a Chemistry Teacher at İzmir Özel Türk Koleji. After serving as school principal between 1983 and 1985, Ersoy retired.

At the end of her first year, she continued her education in the United States for a period of time. Appointed as an English teacher at Kars Lisesi, Yaşar Oğuz later resigned from her state position and began working at İzmir Özel Türk Koleji during the 1957-1958 academic year. In 1964, she passed the Fulbright Examinations and received a scholarship to pursue one year of language education at the University of Texas in the United States. Following her language studies, she returned to her position at İzmir Özel Türk Koleji. In 1968, she transferred to the American Dependents School in İzmir, where the children of American military personnel were educated.

After İTK gained Anatolian High School status in 1982, she returned once again, serving as Head of the English Department. As the architect of the high-quality language education provided at İTK, Yaşar Oğuz retired in 1999.

In addition to his career as an educator, Güven Zeyrek was a significant artist who consistently maintained his own distinctive style within contemporary Turkish painting. He participated in juried painting exhibitions organized by institutions such as DYO and Vakko, receiving numerous awards. In 1983-1984, he met Prof. Dr. Süleyman Velioğlu and joined the Akatünvel Art Collective founded by Velioğlu.

Between 1985 and 2000, he conducted extensive studies and research at museums in Florence, Venice, Nice, Paris, Barcelona, Madrid, Sarajevo, Vienna, Budapest, Prague, Odessa, and Sevastopol. In 2007, marking the 50th year of his artistic career, he held a retrospective exhibition encompassing all phases of his artistic life at Kbele Art Gallery. This exhibition was later presented at the İzmir Atatürk Cultural Center.

Between 1957 and 2009, over a period exceeding 50 years, Güven Zeyrek produced more than 500 works of art. He continued his role as a painting teacher at İzmir Özel Türk Koleji until his retirement in 1987.

Following graduation, his assigned post was Kastamonu; however, he first chose to fulfill his military service. During the 1950s, while completing his military duty, he played for the Air Force Academy Basketball Team, which became Turkish Champion with Turan Çelik as a member. After completing his military service, he worked as a teacher in Kastamonu for eight years. Wherever he served, Çelik made significant contributions to basketball, founding Kastamonu’s first basketball team and establishing a sports court for the city.

In 1958, upon the encouragement of his friend Faik Gökay, he took the assistantship examinations at Gazi University and was appointed as an assistant, a role he held for many years. He later established the English Language and Physical Education Departments in İzmir and Bornova. Subsequently, he served at Buca Faculty of Education. While continuing his duties there, he was assigned to Şaphane Village in Kütahya, after which he requested retirement following many years of service at universities.

Having played a major role in the establishment of Türkiye’s first Girls’ Basketball Team, Çelik also pioneered many other initiatives. In 1983, Turan Çelik continued his professional career at İzmir Özel Türk Koleji and served within the İTK Family for many years. Consisting of two sections, the hall is used primarily for training purposes. Our students carry out basketball, volleyball, handball training sessions, as well as folk dance practices, in this facility.

Our library operates as the central hub of the İTK Library System. It houses 13,278 resources, six computers with 24-hour internet access, high-speed and high-capacity printing and scanning machines serving the entire school, and 15 periodicals with ongoing subscriptions and archived collections. Within the central system, a total of 28,285 resources are made available to users. The library is classified according to the Dewey Decimal Classification System and provides services through an open-shelf layout. All resources are uploaded into a library-specific software system, and both resource and member tracking are carried out entirely through this system using barcode scanners.

Our library is equipped with all necessary resources and technological infrastructure to meet users’ needs for reading, research, homework, projects, presentations, and cultural activities.