Great National School (Megalē tou Genous scholē)[1]
Zappeion - Established in 1875, it was a school for girls catering to the Greek population.
Ayşe Sıdıka Hanım [
tr], an ethnic Turk, attended this school. Johann Strauss, author of "Language and power in the late Ottoman Empire," described it as "prestigious".[2]
^Strauss, Johann (2016-07-07). "Language and power in the late Ottoman Empire". In Murphey, Rhoads (ed.). Imperial Lineages and Legacies in the Eastern Mediterranean: Recording the Imprint of Roman, Byzantine and Ottoman Rule.
Routledge. p.
139.
ISBN9781317118459. - Old
ISBN1317118456.