In 1983 a Gebze-based practical arts school for girls was relocated to new premises built by Çolakoğlu Metalurji’s founder, Mehmet Rüştü Çolakoğlu. In the years that followed, the school was expanded with the addition of new buildings and it evolved into the Çolakoğlu Vocational and Technical Anadolu Lycee. The school currently has an enrollment of 1,093 students, 962 of whom are in the lycee division and 70 in the primary school division while 61 attend the open high school program.