Fliying Turk Hezarfen Ahmet Celebi

Hezarfen Ahmet Celebi (1609-1640) is credited with the first unpowered flight in the history of aviation. The event took place in the year 1638 during the tenure of Sultan Murad IV. Hezarfen took off from the 183-foot tall Galata Tower and landed successfully in a garden of Uskudar, on the other side of the Bosphorus. Evliya Celebi, historian and eyewitness, recorded vividly in his Seyahatname (a trave