Naval High School (Turkey)

Deniz Lisesi Naval High School
Deniz Lisesi (Naval High School) in Heybeliada Island
Location
Istanbul, Heybeliada Turkey
Information
School type	Public, Boarding
Founded	1773
School color(s)	Navy blue and white
Website	[1]

Deniz Lisesi (English: Naval High School); known in the Ottoman period as the Mühendishane-i Bahr-i Hümâyûn (Imperial School of Naval Engineering) and later as the Mekteb-i Bahriye-i Şahane (Imperial Naval School); is a Turkish naval high school located on Heybeliada Island (the second largest of the Prince Islands) in the Sea of Marmara, to the southeast of Istanbul, Turkey.

Deniz Lisesi trains naval cadets for the Turkish Naval Academy. Established in 1773, it is one of the oldest Turkish high schools. Being a military school in nature, access is open only to students who are Turkish citizens with a special admission exam and a physical test.

The history of Deniz Lisesi dates back to 1773. The high school was established as the Mühendishane-i Bahr-i Hümâyûn (Imperial School of Naval Engineering) in the Kasımpaşa district of Istanbul, on the northern shoreline of the Golden Horn, where the shipyards and arsenal of the Ottoman Navy, and the headquarters of the Ottoman Ministry of the Navy (Bahriye Nezareti) were located.

First school which forms the Naval Academy's basis was founded by Cezayirli Gazi Hasan Pasha under the name of Naval Engineering Golden Horn Naval Shipyard during the reign of Mustafa III in 1773. It was rather a course providing education to civilian captains of merchant marine as well. In this course, given onboard of a galleon anchored at Kasımpaşa, Plane Geometry and Navigation were taught.