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Cengiz Topel was a Turkish Air Force captain whose F-100 Super Sabre was shot down during an air operation over Cyprus on August 8, 1964. He successfully ejected but was captured by Greek Cypriot forces after landing. Topel was later killed in captivity and became recognized as the first Turkish air warfare martyr in Cyprus and the first air warfare martyr of the Republic of Türkiye.
[netlopedi_slider align="left" width="360" ratio="4:3"] Hülya Koçyiğit (born 12 December 1947) is a Turkish film and television actress a...
[netlopedi_slider align="left" width="360" ratio="4:3"] Abdullah Çatlı is one of the most debated names in Turkey’s recent political hist...
[netlopedi_slider align="left" width="360" ratio="4:3"] Zeynep Özyağcılar is a Turkish performing artist known for combining stage discip...
[netlopedi_slider align="left" width="360" ratio="4:3"] Brigitte Bardot (1934–2025) was one of the most recognizable faces of French cine...
[netlopedi_slider align="left" width="360" ratio="4:3"] Ahmet Emin Yavuk was a production crew member (a “set worker”) in Türkiye’s TV/fi...
[netlopedi_slider align="left" width="360" ratio="4:3"] Murat Emir (born 31 March 1969, Hekimhan) is a Turkish ophthalmologist, jurist an...
Cemal Süreya (born Cemalettin Seber, 1931 Erzincan – 9 January 1990 Istanbul) is one of the most original figures of modern Turkish poetr...