Al Mawakeb International Schools

The Istanbul outpost of the UAE-based Al Mawakeb group, running an American Common Core curriculum in English with Turkish and Arabic alongside.

Al Mawakeb Istanbul is operated as part of the wider Al Mawakeb Schools network, the established Dubai-based group, and is officially accredited by the Turkish Ministry of Education. The curriculum is the California-aligned American Common Core for English and Mathematics with NGSS in science. Students take systematic Turkish to support local university entry, and Arabic is taught as a full subject including literature and history.

The school covers ages 3 to 18 across one programme and pitches itself at families wanting an American academic track combined with a strong Arabic-speaking community. Fee bands sit roughly in the 109,000 to 255,000 TRY range, putting it in the mid-market for English-medium options in Istanbul. Cultural fit matters here: families looking for a heavily Arabic-speaking environment land happily, families looking for a Western expat majority will not find it.