Getronagan Armenian High School

Getronagan Armenian High School Ազգային Կեդրոնական Վարժարան
Location
Karaköy, Istanbul, Turkey
Information
Type	Private
Established	1886
Number of students	182 (2001)
Website	www.getronagan.k12.tr

Getronagan is an Armenian minority high school in the Karaköy district of Istanbul, Turkey.

Establishment

Getronagan class of 1923 with Kegham Kavafyan as principal. (Nigoghos Sarafian is pictured to the left of the principal)

With the sponsorship of Archbishop Nerses Varjabetyan, Getronagan High School opened its doors on September 1, 1886. The Catholicos of All Armenians (the religious leader of all Armenians), Magar, and Harutyun Archbishop Vehabetyan, the Patriarch of Armenians in İstanbul, conducted the opening commencement. Minas Cheraz became its first principal.

Today

As of 2014 Getronagan teaches both sexes. In 2001, the school had 182 students. The school teaches mainly in Turkish, but it also has Armenian language and literature classes. English (compulsory), French and Spanish (both optional) are taught as foreign languages.

Notable alumni

• Arshag Chobanian - Writer
• Harutyun Varpurciyan - Architect
• Nishan Yaubyan - Architect
• Misak Metsarents - Poet
• Hayko Cepkin - Singer
• Sarkis Minassian - Journalist
• Yerukhan - Writer
• Ara Guler - Photographer
• Şahan Arzruni - Pianist
• Onnik Chifte-Saraf - Writer
• Léon Arthur Tutundjian - Painter
• Nigoghos Sarafian - Writer, poet
• Levon Shant - Writer, poet
• Kegham Parseghian - Writer
• Mıgırdiç Margosyan - Writer, Principal of Surp Haç
• Aram Haigaz - Writer
• Karekin II Kazanjian - Patriarch
• Hrachia Adjarian - Linguist
• Vazken Andréassian - Engineer

Notable teachers and faculty

• Melkon Giurdjian - Writer
• Tovmas Terzian - Writer, Playwright
• Yeghia Demirjibashian - Poet
• Zareh Kalfayan - Painter
• Kegham Kavafyan - Architect (Principal)
• Vahan Tekeyan - Writer, poet (Principal)
• Hovhannes Hintliyan - Educationalist (Principal)