The history of Feyziye Schools Foundation Işık Schools began on December 14, 1885 in the city of Salonica, one of the forthcoming cities in the days of the Ottomon Empire, with the establishment of Feyz-i Sıbyan School. The school has gone through enormous expansion, including Şemsi Efendi School — the school where Atatürk received his intial education. Following the Balkan War, Feyziye School moved its operations to Istanbul and continued its pursuit in educational excellence in Nişantaşı Naciye Sultan Mansion. In 1935 during the 50th anniversary of the School, the name was changed from &quit;Feyziye&quit; to &quit;Işık&quit; with the blessings of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk. In 1986, the Foundation completed its Maslak campus, in order to meet the need for educational institutions. Finally, in the beginning of the 1996–1997 academic year, Işık University was launched in the Maslak Campus, starting a new page in the history of the Foundation. Feyziye Schools Foundation has served the Turkish Educational System for 118 years, and will continue to do so in the future, from preschool to graduate level education.