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[edit] The School issue

Halide Edip Adıvar, graduated from American College Girls, which was a missionary institution founded in Gedikpaşa, though later moved to Üsküdar. During Halide Edip's study, the campus was in Üsküdar. After a fire, the school moved to European side, to Arnavutköy. Today, on Üsküdar campus is another school, which is not linked to American College for Girls.

Halide Edip's school, American College for Girls, was the female section of Robert College. Robert College and American College for Girls united in 1971 as a coeducational school.

So it is possible to name Halide Edip either American College for Girls alumna or a graduate of Robert College; however, she didn't study in Üsküdar American Academy or any school related with it. See below:

In October of the same year, the American College for Girls was opened in Gedikpaşa, again with funding by American missionaries. Julia Rappleye, together with Mrs. Bowker and Caroline Borden, the college moved to Üsküdar in 1876. Later, Mary Mills Patrick would become headmistress, remaining in the position until 1924. In her memoirs Borden points out that the school library, as a major contribution to education, consisted of a few hundred books. Borden donated her entire fortune, possessions, and books to the Girls’ College... ...In 1914 the Girls’ College settled in Arnavutkoy together with its possessions and books. Only four buildings were as yet completed. The inauguration ceremony was held in the conference hall (now the library) of the central building, Gould Hall. Halide Edip Adivar, a 1901 alumna, made a rousing speech. The then library was adjacent to this meeting hall.

taken from Robert College website.

The proper thing to do is to reference it, so that is what I shall do.--Adoniscik (talk) 15:48, 16 December 2007 (UTC)