Talas American College
The Talas American College ( Talas American Koleji or Talas American Ortaokulu in Turkish ) was a secondary school for boys and girls in Talas in the Kayseri Province of Turkey .
The college was founded in 1871 by the American missionary James L. Fowle and converted into a secondary boarding school by Henry K. Wingate in 1889. Since a larger building was completed in 1906, the college has consisted of two separate school buildings, one for girls and one for boys. The college closed in 1968 after 86 years of many famous people graduating from this school.
The boys' school building has been used by the Provincial Sports and Youth Office since 1976. The girls' school building, which was also used as a hospital in 1911, has been used by Erciyes University since 1976 .