SEV Education Foundation holds and manages 9 schools including Tarsus American College, Üsküdar American College, and İzmir American College. Dr. Argüden, a graduate of Tarsus American College, has led the efforts to define SEV’s mission, vision, and values as well as its governance systems. As a trustee of SEV Foundation, he served on the Board for many years and chaired the Governance Committee.
SEV Trustees Meeting; Hazım Kantarcı, Dr. Yılmaz Argüden, Yaşar Yaşer, Prof. Dr. Mustafa Aysan, Engin Ünsal
TAC Graduates dedicated to education are among TEGV Trustees; Prof. İlter Turan, Tamer Şahinbaş, Dr. Yılmaz Argüden, Sait Tosyalı
Served on SEV Board as the Chairman of Governance Committee
Chairman of the trustees of the SEV Foundation, Mehmet Yaltır presented an award of appreciation to Dr. Yılmaz Argüden for his leadership to help develop management and governance systems for the foundation.
Gave the opening speech at the 50th Anniversary of his cohort’s school entrance
Keynote speaker at Turkish Private Schools Association’s Annual Conference
TAC Campus ranked among the 13 Most Beautiful Campuses by Tech Insider
Staunch Supporter of His Schools
Dr. Argüden believes in giving back to the institutions that helped his development, both intellectually and financially.
Dr. Argüden played for the Tarsus American College team that won the Turkish National Basketball Championship in 1976.
TAC Graduates Basketball Team
SEV American College Sports Facilities Opening Game
SEV Educational Vision and Values
ABH Schools’ mission is to contribute to the growth and development of individuals who combine self-respect with a firm sense of personal and social responsibility. For this purpose we provide personal attention and support to the individual and encourage learning through participation.
SEV believes that the interests of current and future generations can best be served, shaped and protected by balanced people who have the intelligence, education, and compassion to be of service to the nation and humanity . The nurturing of such individuals requires an education of the whole person; mind, body, and spirit; intellectually, physically, and intuitively, with classroom education being but one element of our education.
We aspire to develop self-respect by providing personal attention and support to encourage a realization of the talents and full potential of each individual. Fundamental to sustained development are the deriving of motivation and inner satisfaction from learning, innovation and creativity; teamwork, self-discipline, patience, and perseverance in work habits; and the humility to learn from others’ experience.
We aspire to develop personal responsibility by instilling a profound understanding of and respect for honesty, altruism, charity, generosity, and integrity; by encouraging frugality, thrift, and simplicity with emphasis on effective utilization of time.
We aim to foster social responsibility and leadership skills in a multi-cultural and multi-lingual environment, in which critical thinking skills, organizational capabilities, communication skills, fiscal responsibility, and individual expression are widely encouraged through active participation in democratic institutions and philanthropy.
We believe the best education to be through example, and our schools strive to create an environment where these values and behavior patterns are recognized as the norm by all members of the school community and applied consistently throughout.