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Turkish Naval High School
Established: 1773 IstanbulTurkish Naval High School (Turkish: Deniz Lisesi); known in the Ottoman period as the Mahendishane-i Bahr-i Hamayn (Imperial School of Naval Engineering) and later as the Mekteb-i Bahriye-i ahane (Imperial Naval School); is a Turkish ...
Branch: Turkish Navy
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