Gölcük Barbaros Hayrettin High School (), is a public high school in Gölcük, Kocaeli, Turkey. The school is named after Ottoman admiral Hayreddin Barbarossa.
Short form of the school name is GBHL. Formed in 1958 as "Gölcük Lisesi" (GL), the high school named as "Barbaros Hayrettin Lisesi" in 1970 when it moved to its own building from the provisional location.
The colors of the school are black (symbolizing the deadly ferry accident on 1 March 1958 in which hundreds of high school students died in Gulf of İzmit) and yellow (symbolizing the sun/GBHL rising after this disaster).
In the devastating earthquake epicentered in Gölcük on 17 August 1999, GBHL lost many of its students and faculty residing in Gölcük and surrounding towns.
The buildings of the high school has been damaged, however later been repaired by the efforts of its alumni association and some international relief organizations.
Notable graduates
Hikmet Karaman / Football manager Ayhan Bölükbaşı / Journalist Erdoğan Arıkan / TV presenter Şengül Balıksırtı / Journalist Demet Akalın / Pop singer Sefa Sirmen / Politician Haluk Kaplanoğlu / Warner Bross Turkey, CEO İlker Yasin* / TV presenter Ahmet Özhan* / Turkish court music singer Toygar Işıklı* / Composer
Sister schools
Robert College, Istanbul Koç Lisesi, Istanbul Het Bredero College, AmsterdamAmsterdam Het Bredero College web site
External links GBHL Official site GBHL Alumni database BarSayfa (GBHL Alumni Blog) GBHL Alumni Facebook page
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