Sirri Yircali Anadolu Lisesi
Sırrı Yırcalı Anadolu Lisesi (Sırrı Yırcalı Anatolian High School (SYAL), in Balıkesir, Turkey, was founded in 1984 with the name of Balıkesir Anadolu Lisesi. In 1987, SYAL moved to its new building constructed with the help of the well known businessman Sırrı Yırcalı.
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| Established | 1984 |
| Head teacher | Nurullah Kıral |
| Website | http://www.syal.k12.tr |
SYAL, located eastern exit of Bursa-Istanbul road and neighbour of Balıkesir Fen Lisesi, has 826 student with 60 teacher capacity. It constructed on 27.000 m² area with 1551 m² school building, 820 m² hall, 1000 m² sport center, front and back gardens, 3 basketball fields, 2 football fields and 1 tennis court.
SYAL is well-known high school with students' remarkable success in general exams as LYS and YGS, championships in several sport branches, education quality in language and students' discipline which has been the main role of the school's success. Also, one of ten schools which are 5-year education as 4-year high school education with one-year language education is SYAL.
In 2008–2009 SYAL was the winner of the Competition of Best-Looking School Gardens, and in 2005–2006 it was 3rd of the Competition of Educational Quality for Turkey.