The Story of Bayraktar’s First Flight, Who Glorified Turkey
One of the events of that event, Pilot Mehmet Seyyit Türker talked about the day Selcuk Bayraktar, who has great success in Turkey in Unmanned Aerial Vehicles technology worldwide, boarded the plane for the first time. ASAM Expert Pilot Mehmet Seyyit Türker, Özdemir Bayraktar, Selçuk Bayraktar and Türkkuşu Flight School teacher Pilot Ali Yüksel are in that shot taken right after the flight at the 1st Army Military Samandıra Airport in May 1989. Türker also explained that Selçuk Bayraktar, who flew with Pilot Ali Yüksel for the first time that day, expressed his love for the owner after the flight and lived an important life for the following years.
“Events where Selcuk Bayraktar met with his guests for the first time”
Eurasia Strategic Studies Center Expert Pilot Mehmet Seyyit Türker, who tells the story of that photo frame, the example of the plane used in the media while describing the life of Selçuk Bayraktar, said, “That photo frame was taken in May 1989. On the day that photo frame was taken, Selçuk Bayraktar’s mission, flight and plane He was the first person in my photo. He was on the far right side of this photo frame. Teacher Pilot Ali Yüksel is still working as the chief pilot at the Ministry of Housing. Selçuk was a very smart and intelligent boy, I stroked his hair for the first time that day. .I asked questions about his father, he answered all of them. Let’s say taking a step for the first time that day. After that, he flew a ship model airplane. He received training abroad on unmanned aircraft. He improved himself a lot. He even had his own meeting at that time. Seeing with helicopters as a model. It was an obstacle in front of them, they were difficult to overcome in 10 years,” he said.
“That day I said that I will continue this way, sincerely”
Describing what happened after the flight, Türker said, “For the first time that day, Ali Yüksel will manage to take him with Hodja.
Mehmet Seyyit Türker was born in 1960 in the village of Soğanlı in the Çaykara district of Trabzon. He is one of the surviving grandchildren of Sultan Melikşah, son of Sultan Alparslan. He is the son of teacher Hikmet Türker and the nephew of late inspector Hasan Türker. Due to his father’s civil service, he completed his primary and secondary education in Istanbul and graduated from Trabzon High School. He completed his associate degree education at Gazi University Faculty of Education and then his undergraduate education at Anadolu University Social Studies Department. He also graduated from Türkkuşu Flight School in 1988 as a licensed pilot. In 1992, he became the owner of a multi-engine pilot airplane from Topair Flight School. Between 1980-1981, he worked as a trainee teaching activity at Giresun Education High School. After the collapse of the Soviet Union in the early 1990s, he stayed in the Republic of Kazakhstan as a passenger going to the Central Asian Turkic Republics.
He served as the Economic and Cultural Relations Advisor to the ARAY Foundation to direct the Presidency of Kazakhstan. He became a BBP deputy candidate from Trabzon in the 2002 elections. MKYK was held in BBP between 2001-2007.
Together with the deceased Muhsin Yazıcıoğlu, he gave the Turkish-Islamic cause and left him alone in this struggle. He still works in non-governmental organizations as a founder and member of the management organization in many foundations and associations. He is a member of the Eurasia Bir Foundation’s earnings foundation, he is married and has three children.