Our History

İstanbul Erkek Liseliler Educational Foundation, which was founded by benefactors who has been either a student, a teacher or an administrator in İstanbul Male’s High School and supported Yellow-Black community in December 20, 1982 is a non-governmental organization with the goal of serving our country in the field of education.

IELEV carries its work according to the decision of existing in private education sector in order to make our children to gain profit of the opportunities of community and transfer the basic values of Yellow-Black culture and its universal ideal based on multiculturalism to the next generation.

In order to transfer their culture based on institutional values that have universal qualities to the next generation, IELEV brought IELEV Private Elementary School in 1996, IELEV Private Kindergarten in 2005 and Acıbadem Elementary School in 2006 into the education community. Acıbadem Elementary School has been moved to its new campus in Nişantepe in 2009-2010 educational year and re-named as “IELEV Private 125. Yıl Elementary School” in honour of the 125. Establishment Year of İstanbul Male’s High School.

In IELEV Private High School, Gemischtsprachiges International Baccalaureate (GIB) Diploma Program has been applied since 2014-2015 educational year. IELEV Private High School gives education in German, English and Turkish.