Type Private High School Closed 2014 Founded 1994 | Established 1994 | |
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Sharur Turkish High School (Az: Şərur Türk Liseyi, also abbreviated as ŞTL) was a privately owned boy's secondary/high school established by Zaman Educational Institution (Zaman Eğitim-Öğretim Şirketi) in 1994 as one of the 3 of The Nakhchivan Turkish High Schools. (Zaman Educational Institution was established in 1992 as the first of same structured institutions to be established worldwide .) The school was located in the city of Sharur, Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic of Azerbaijan. In the later years it was named after Ac. Ahmad Mahmudov (Az: Ak. Əhməd Mahmudov Adına Şərur Türk Liseyi).
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Admissions and Education
The admissions were taken from 6th grade students according to examination results. Education was in Azerbaijani, English, and Turkish. Accommodation and lunch were preferably provided by school. Achievements included numerous medals in international and nationwide olympiads and higher than 90% university acceptance rate, each year. Graduates continued their studies at universities worldwide, mostly in Turkey.
Dissolution
Zaman Educational Institution Schools including ŞTL gave their last graduates in 2014 and were shut down as a result of political debates in Turkey. In 2015 bust of Ac. Ahmad Mahmudov in front of the defunct school's old building was disputatiously taken down for political issues which had wide media coverage.