Monastir Military High School

School in Monastir, Monastir Vilayet, Ottoman Empire

41°00′45″N 21°12′03″E / 41.012569°N 21.200838°E / 41.012569; 21.200838InformationEstablished1847Closed1934

The building is now home to the Museum and Institute Bitola

The Monastir Military High School (Manastır Askerî İdadisi), established in 1847, was one of the three-year educational military high schools of the Ottoman Empire. It was located in Monastir (present day Bitola, North Macedonia). The buildings of the school have been used as museums since 1934 (today NI Institute and Museum Bitola).

The other military high schools of the Ottoman Empire were: Constantinople Military High School (Kuleli Military High School) and Bursa Military High School, both founded in 1846; the Edirne Military High School and Monastir Military High School, founded in 1847; the Damascus Military High School, founded in 1848; the Erzurum Military High School, founded in 1873; and the Baghdad Military High School, founded in 1876.

Notable alumni

Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (1881–1938), the founder of modern Turkey, who attended from 1896 to 1898
Ahmed Niyazi Bey (1873–1912), a leader of the 1908 Young Turk Revolution
Bekir Fikri (1882-1914), military officer
Hüseyin Avni Zaimler (1877–1930), military officer and MP in the Grand National Assembly of Turkey
Fethi Okyar (1880–1943), second Prime Minister of Turkey
Fuat Bulca (1881–1962), military officer and MP in the Grand National Assembly of Turkey
Salih Bozok (1881–1941), military officer and MP in the Grand National Assembly of Turkey
Nuri Conker (1882–1937), military officer and MP in the Grand National Assembly of Turkey
Hüsrev Gerede (1884–1962), military officer and MP in the Grand National Assembly of Turkey
Cevat Abbas Gürer (1887–1943), military officer and MP in the Grand National Assembly of Turkey
Ali Shefqet Shkupi, military officer and first Chief of Supreme Staff of the Albanian Army