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Koç School
Premier IB World School in Tepeoren, Tuzla on the Asian side. Day and boarding.
Fees
| Fee | Age | Type | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten (Ana Sınıfı) | 5 | Annual | TRY 1,702,800 |
| Grade 1 | 6 | Annual | TRY 1,702,800 |
| Grade 2 | 7 | Annual | TRY 1,018,150 |
| Grade 3 | 8 | Annual | TRY 817,800 |
| Grade 4 | 9 | Annual | TRY 612,200 |
| Grade 5 | 10 | Annual | TRY 1,470,600 |
| Grade 6 | 11 | Annual | TRY 1,470,600 |
| Grade 7 | 12 | Annual | TRY 980,550 |
| Grade 8 | 13 | Annual | TRY 787,700 |
| High School Prep | 14 | Annual | TRY 1,625,400 |
| Grade 9 | 15 | Annual | TRY 1,625,400 |
| Grade 10 | 16 | Annual | TRY 1,088,000 |
| Grade 11 | 17 | Annual | TRY 873,900 |
| Grade 12 | 18 | Annual | TRY 703,300 |
| 5-Day Boarding (High School) | One-time | TRY 524,300 | |
| 7-Day Boarding (High School) | One-time | TRY 689,050 |
Reviews
- One of Turkey's most prestigious K-12 schools, run by the non-profit Vehbi Koç Foundation on a 151-acre campus near Tuzla on Istanbul's Asian side.
- Bilingual Turkish-English with optional French, German or Spanish. From end of Grade 10, students choose between an IB Diploma track and a Turkish national-curriculum track.
- Reputation in Turkey is strong and stable. forum threads on Turkish university admissions list Koç alongside Boğaziçi and METU as the schools and universities students aim for; one student wrote "Koç okulu (zengin değilim, bursluyum)" ("Koç school, I'm not rich, I'm on scholarship"), reflecting that more than 400 of 2,200 students are on financial aid.
- University outcomes drive much of the parent appeal. Around half of graduates progress to overseas universities including Cambridge, Harvard, Yale and MIT.
- Open-web qualitative parent voices are thinner than the brand suggests; most online discussion is from current and former students or admissions-focused parents rather than long-form parent reviews.
Head of school
Prof. Dr. Güray Erkol
Prof. Dr. Güray Erkol has been the Director General of The Koç School since November 2025. A Professor of Physics, he previously served as the CEO of SEV (Health and Education Foundation) from 2021 to 2025. Dr. Erkol spent 13 years at Özyeğin University as a faculty member, where he also held leadership roles as Vice Rector and Dean of Students. He completed his undergraduate and master's degrees in physics at Middle East Technical University and earned his PhD in Physics from Rijksuniversiteit Groningen. His professional background combines high-level academic research with extensive executive leadership in educational management.
Accreditations
- Council of International Schools 01
- New England Association of Schools and Colleges 02
Academic results
- Result IB DP avg 36 points 2021
- Result 100% pass rate 2021
- Result Average Subject Score 5.71/7 2021
Location