Welcome to BLIS Ankara!

BLIS is an Ankara school for internationally-minded families. Established under the wing
of Bilkent University more than 30 years ago, BLIS Ankara is a school for parents who
want their children to grow up both as valuable citizens in their home community and as
conscientious citizens of the world. For us, to be internationally-minded means to want,
and to be able to, learn in more than one language. It means to be able to form social
ties with people from any part of the country, and from anywhere in the world. It means
to be able to work in both national and international contexts. At BLIS we are supporting
families who desire opportunities for young people to fulfil every dimension of their
potential.
Here on our BLIS Ankara website, I hope that you will be able to form a clear sense of
how our school strives for and encourages high levels of competence in academic,
artistic, physical, and social endeavor. Please look through these pages, which paint a
picture of a comfortable and nurturing school, full of young people who are learning to
be comfortable with themselves and their peers, as they build lives of richness and
variety.
 Look out for details of our academic programs, local and international, all of
which are benchmarked for excellence.
 Get a sense of the school’s deep bilingualism, which underpins our international
outlook and academic success.
 Explore the sections of the website which show how our youngsters’ lives are
enriched by art, sport, drama, and music.
 Explore details of BLIS community activities through which our graduates round
off their personal development with altruism and humanitarianism.
So, a very warm welcome you to our BLIS website, which I hope clearly projects to you
the pride the whole school feels in all its learners and graduates.

Kind regards,
Daryl York
Director
BLIS Ankara