Istanbul High School - School Emblem

School Emblem

The first school emblem was designed in around 1915/1916. It incorporates the first letters of İstanbul Sultanisi, elif and sin in Arabic, a rose, the star, and the crescent. It was modified by the Turkish sculptor Nejat Sirel (IS '07) in 1917. Sirel's design did not include the rose, whose symbolic meaning, if any, is still unclear.

The final form of the school emblem was designed by Orhan Omay (İEL '37) and has been in use since 1970.

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